This is Alice’s recipe for, trifle, as found in her cookbook~ Us Two Cookbook~ Jennie B Williams, from 1909- Gaskell-Odlum-Stabler Limited, Thomson Stationary Co. Limited, Vancouver, BC.
Any kind of stale cake, sponge or pound cake preferred, one tablespoon of wine (sherry), one tablespoon of brandy (Alice loved a shot of brandy!), strawberry, or raspberry jam, one half-pint of cream, one and one-fourth cup of blanched almonds. In a dish put first a layer of cake, then a little brandy, then jam, then cake, wine and nuts, also a little cream whipped; begin again as before, then add a few macaroons and make a wall of lady fingers. After all the cake and wine are used, over the top put plenty of whipped cream (stiff).
* Consider adding a mix of summer fruit to the dish to make it a slightly healthier, 2013 version!
Love,
Alice and Grace
you are here for the story
Oh, I want to touch that book! This place is so cheerful.
Patti
Thank you, Patti! I decided to lighten up the Misery Memoir posts a bit! Hence, “Alice’s Trifle” made of stale cake (true Alice style)! Alice’s cook book is delightful; there’s even a tonic for rat bites!
Best,
Lynne
So the alcohol is straight, no mixer. Interesting.
LOL! Straight. Just the way Alice liked her shot.
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