Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Fall Harvest Trifle

Gingerbread cookies
Pumpkin Roll
Cardamom cake
Heath pieces sprinkled over first layer

Filling: (Pumpkin Mousse)
Take one small box (not instant) vanilla pudding
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups milk
1/4 tsp. ginger
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.
Mix in 1 cup pumpkin.
Allow to cool and set.

Topping:
Heavy whipping cream, whipped
I like to add 1 tsp. vanilla and 1/3 cup sugar once it starts to stiffen.

From the bottom up:
Layer: 1 inch pieces of pumpkin cake, cardamom cake and thumb size pieces of gingerbread cookie,
Sprinkle Heath Chips over this layer
Add a dollop of pumpkin mousse
Layer cake again: pumpkin cake, cardamom cake, and gingerbread cookies.
Top with cream

I make all these in advance and freeze until the day of the party. That way, all I have to do is assemble and whip my cream, and make my mousse. You could probably buy all of this at the store as well, or get something close, if you wanted to make it really easy.


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