Rita’s Kitchen’s Samoa Trifle
Servings
3desserts
Servings
3desserts
Ingredients
Chocolate Sponge Cake
  • 3ounces cocoa powder
  • 1pound cake flour
  • 1/2pound sugar
  • .75ounces baking powder
  • 1/2ounce salt
  • 9ounces egg yolks
  • 1cup vegetable oil
  • 1cup water
  • 1/2ounce vanilla extract
  • 6ounces whole eggs
  • 1pound and 4 ounces egg whites
  • 1/2pound sugar
Chocolate Sauce
  • 12ounces sugar
  • 12.5ounces water
  • 4.7ounces cocoa powder
  • 18.8ounces heavy cream
Caramel Mousse
  • 2.25ounces sugar
  • 1/3cup egg whites
  • 3.25ounces sugar
  • 1/3cup egg yolks
  • 1/2pound caramel sauce
  • 3.5 gelatin sheets
  • 2cups heavy cream
Instructions
Chocolate Sponge Cake
  1. Whisk oil, water, whole eggs, yolks and vanilla extract until fully combined.
  2. Add 1/2 pound sugar, salt, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder until fully combined.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk egg whites, 1/2 pound sugar until you reach stiff peaks. Fold beaten egg white mixture into the cake batter and fully incorporate.
  4. Bake in a 9×13 inch pan, at a 1/2 inch thickness at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. 
Chocolate Sauce
  1. Boil sugar and water until fully incorporated
  2. Add cocoa powder and simmer until slightly thick. Stir in cream and continue to simmer until desired consistency.
Caramel Mousse
  1. Whip 2.5 ounces sugar with egg whites until you reach stiff peaks.
  2. In a seperate bowl, whisk 3.25 ounces sugar with egg yolks until pale yellow.
  3. Melt caramel over a double boiler and add gelatin sheets until completely dissolved and incorporated.
  4. Whip heavy cream into soft peaks.
  5. Whisk yolk mixture into caramel and then mix in egg white mixture in to the caramel mixture.
  6. Fold in cream until fully incorporated.
To Assemble
  1. Cut the cake into discs that fit into your serving glass.
  2. Begin with a generous dollop of the caramel mousse topped with several dollops of whipped cream, then top with crumbled Samoa cookies, a sprinkle of toasted coconut and a drizzle of the chocolate sauce.
  3. Gently place a cake disc on top and repeat the layering two more times with the last layer generously topped with Samoa cookie crumbles and toasted coconut.

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