Trifle
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Trifle is a layered dessert of English origin. The usual ingredients are a thin layer of ladyfingers or sponge cake soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, a fruit element, custard and whipped cre
The layers of a trifle dessert
Illustrations from Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861
Syllabub
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Syllabub refers to both a pudding and a beverage, both made by curdling cream or milk with an acid such as wine or cider. Both dishes were popular in British cuisine from the 16th to the 19th centurie
Trifle
…these ingredients are usually arranged to produce three or four layers. The assembled dessert can be topped with whipped cream or, more traditionally, syllabub. The name trifle was used for a dessert like a fruit fool in the 16th century; by the 18th century, Hannah Glasse records a recognisably modern trifle…
Regency Syllabub
An 18th-century syllabub glass