Name: Dark-chocolate cherry trifle
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200 gm dark chocolate (53% cocoa solids), finely chopped, plus extra to serve; 200 ml thickened cream; 250 gm cherries, pitted; ½ tbsp caster sugar; Finely grated rind and juice of ½ orange; 200 gm dark chocolate cake, crumbled; 100 gm crème fraîche

Nothing says Christmas like a chocolate cherry trifle. These individual trifles can be prepared ahead and kept in the fridge for when guests pop in.

Ingredients

200 gm dark chocolate (53% cocoa solids), finely chopped, plus extra to serve

200 ml thickened cream

250 gm cherries, pitted

½ tbsp caster sugar

Finely grated rind and juice of ½ orange

200 gm dark chocolate cake, crumbled

100 gm crème fraîche

Method

Main

1.Stir chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until melted (2-3 minutes). Cool briefly. Whisk cream in an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add chocolate in a steady stream until combined. Divide among four 300ml serving glasses and refrigerate for at least 5 minutes.

2.Combine cherries, sugar and orange rind and juice in a bowl, stir until sugar dissolves, and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Divide cake among glasses, top with cherries and crème fraîche, and serve topped with grated chocolate.

Styling by Alice Storey

Styling by Emma Knowles