Chocolate Mint
Trifle | Recipe

A wonderfully chocolatey refreshing dessert

Text:
Katharina Kuhlmann

Photography:
© Lena Fuchs

15 July 2024

September takes us on our Chocolate Journey to England. This is where the well-known dessert classic "trifle" comes from, with roots dating back to the 16th century. The layered dessert consists of sponge cake, cream, fruit, possibly jam and custard (Crème anglaise). We also add mint chocolate, transforming the custard into a creamy chocolate and mint pudding. This dessert has a refreshing chocolate and mint flavour and, layered in pretty glasses, is the glamorous end to any meal.

Ingredients

For 4 - 5 dessert glasses


For the chocolate sponge cake:

3

eggs

70 g

raw cane sugar

50 g

spelt flour

20 g

cornflour

20 g

baking cocoa powder

1 tsp

cream of tartar baking powder

For the chocolate mint pudding:

2

egg yolks

40 g

raw cane sugar

350 ml

milk or oat milk

20 g

cornflour

100 g

VIVANI Fine Dark Peppermint Chocolate

For the light vanilla-mint cream:

200 g

cream

150 g

mascarpone

0.25 tsp

ground vanilla

25 g

icing sugar

8

fresh mint leaves

For the topping:

a few pieces

VIVANI Fine Dark Peppermint Chocolate

fresh mint leaves / sprigs


making

baking time
12 minutes

level of difficulty
medium

01

For the chocolate sponge cake, beat the eggs with the sugar until creamy. Mix the flour with the cornflour, cocoa and baking powder and gently fold into the egg mixture.

02

Spread the sponge mixture 2 cm high on a baking tray and bake in a preheated convection oven at 170 °C for approx. 12 minutes. Leave to cool and cut out 12-15 circles the size of the dessert glass

03

For the chocolate pudding, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar, 3 tbsp milk and cornflour until smooth. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil in a pan and stir in the egg mixture. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly, until the pudding thickens.

04

Roughly chop the chocolate and melt in the pudding. Stir until smooth and leave to cool.

05

For the vanilla cream, whip the cream until stiff. Stir in the mascarpone, icing sugar, vanilla and finely chopped mint leaves.

06

For the layering, first pour 1 tbsp of chocolate pudding into each glass, then place a chocolate sponge cake on top. Next, add 1 tbsp of the vanilla cream, then start again from the beginning until the dessert glasses are full.

07

Finally, garnish with coarsely chopped chocolate chips and mint leaves or sprigs. Chill until ready to serve.


VIVANI’s organic Fine Dark Peppermint Chocolate

Fine Dark Peppermint

68 % Santo Domingo Cocoa | with peppermint oil

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