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Italian Christmas Trifle Cake

A soft homemade cake made with panettone or pandoro, eggs and caster sugar. A dessert, cake recipe that is easy to follow from the original video

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A soft homemade cake made with panettone or pandoro, eggs and caster sugar. A dessert, cake recipe that is easy to follow from the original video

8
Yield

Ingredients

9 ingredients

Adjust servings

Servings: 84 to 16

Ingredients and nutrition update together

Per serving473 kcal
Fat
43.8g
Carbs
12.4g
Protein
4.8g

Whole recipe (8 servings): 3784 kcal

  • 650 g panettone or pandoro (Italian cake)
  • 2 eggs
  • 75 g caster sugar
  • 500 g mascarpone cheese
  • 250 ml double cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 150 ml Tia Maria
  • 75 g shelled pistachios, chopped
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

Method

12 steps
  1. Cut the panettone roughly into slices.
  2. Use a layer of these slices, cut to fit, to line the base of a 9-inch springform cake tin.
  3. Drizzle a little Tia Maria over the cake to moisten it.
  4. Whisk the eggs with the caster sugar.
  5. Add in the mascarpone cheese and double cream and continue to whisk.
  6. Remove about 250 ml of this mixture to a bowl to keep for the topping.
  7. Spread a layer of the cream mixture over the cake layer.
  8. Repeat with another layer of cake, Tia Maria and cream filling and finish with a final layer of cake.
  9. Cover with clingfilm and place in the fridge overnight.
  10. When ready to serve, remove the sides of the cake tin but keep the base of the tin.
  11. Transfer to a serving platter and top with the reserved cream filling.
  12. Sprinkle with the chopped pistachios and pomegranate seeds.
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