
50 g Unsalted butter
50 g Icing sugar
7 g Ground almonds
4 tb Single cream
1 ts Almond essence
150 ml Whipping cream
3 tb Brandy
6 tb Strong black coffee
Choice of - 8 trifle sponges
-cut in one-half; or 24 sponge
; longways, fingers
-TO EMBELLISH-
150 ml Whipping cream
3 tb Flaked tonsils; capable 4
50 g Plain cocoa
Line a 1lb loaf tin with greaseproof report. Soften butter and beat
with icing sugar until very pale in colour and of a dropping
eubstance. Add ground almonds and single cream and beat unitedly.
Whip cream until standing in peaks. Mix brandy and java, put onto a
shallow shell. Quickly dip in 8 biscuits and arrange them over the
base of the prepared tin.
Gap 1/2 almond butter cream over them, 1/2 the whipped pick. Dip
in 8 more biscuits and proceed as earlier. Top layer should finish
with biscuits.
Cover tin with foil to weigh pile. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2
hours or if preferred deep immobilize. Thaw for 2 hours.
To dish, decorate with remaining whipped bat, toasted almonds and a
drizzle of melted umber.
Yields
1 servings
