Chocolate Cherry Trifle

Chocolate Cherry Trifle

Ingredients:

• Chocolate cake (sliced) 1 loaf
• Fruit syrup ½ cup
• Cherries to decorate ½ cup
• Cream 1 cup
• Chocolate syrup to drizzle ¼ cup

For Chocolate Pudding:

• Icing sugar 1/2 cup
• Caster sugar 1-1/2 cups
• Cocoa powder 1 cup
• Corn flour 2/3 cup
• Vanilla essence 1 tsp
• Salt a pinch

Other Ingredients:

• Butter 2 tbsp
• Milk 1-1/3 cups

Method:

• Layer the chocolate cake slices, drizzle with fruit syrup, put the cooled chocolate pudding and refrigerate and then put a layer of cream and decorate the top with cherries, drizzle chocolate sauce and serve chilled. 
• To prepare chocolate pudding, combine icing sugar, caster sugar, cocoa powder, corn flour, vanilla essence and salt and store in container with tight-fitting lid. Makes 3 cups mix, yielding 12 servings of prepared pudding. For two servings, combine 1/2 cup chocolate pudding mix, Butter, and milk in a small saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Pour into serving dishes and chill until thickened.