Strawberry Trifle

Ingredients


500g (1lb) fresh strawberries
pack of trifle sponges
4 tablespoons of apple juice
1 small lemon
300ml (1/4 pint) double cream
1/2 tsp of vanilla essence/ extract
1 packet of ready made custard

Method


1. place trifle sponges into the bottom of a trifle bowl/glass bowl.
2. Pull stalks from strawberries & cut them into halves. Place the pieces on top of the sponges in the bowl. 
3. Trickle apple juice over & then cover the bowl & leave in the fridge for a couple of hours until sponges go soft. 
4. Pour Custard over the sponges & strawberries & leave for 10 mins
5. Grate the lemon then use a knife to scrape off the zest. 
6. Whisk double cream in a bowl, adding the lemon zest & the vanilla extract.
7. Spread creamy mixture over the custard & decorate with strawberries 
(or you could sprinkle on hundreads & thousdands or chocolate sprinkles for a change)
8. chill the trifle in the fridge until ready to serve