Summertime and Christmas thoughts turn to a quick trifle and so today was a good day to grab an Aldi Strawberry Trifle as I fancied something sweet and cheery. Personally, I prefer richer trifles, with layers of cake in them, which is why I usually make my own, but every now and then it just seems like a good idea to grab a supermarket trifle and tuck in.
Costing under £1.50, these serve four people, so that’s four portions all for me 🙂 The whole trifle weighs 600 grams and is suitable for vegetarians. The pack says it serves 4x150g portions.
The base is, as expected, a strawberry trifle with some strawberries in it. On top of that is a layer of sponge, then the statutory layer of custard, then the fluffy white real whipped cream topping. With cheap supermarket trifles that’s all you get – there are no sprinkles on top, no curls of chocolate, no fripperies. At least with a Birds trifle, a staple in our house when I was growing up, you’d have a little packet of sprinkles! But, it is what it is, a cheap trifle that you don’t have to wait for several hours to set and chill.
The packet describes the trifle as: “Juicy strawberries in jelly layered with sponge and custard topped with fresh British cream” – so it is real cream. Yes, Fresh British Cream! Maybe not a statement you’d expect, but it’s not faux cream.
The trifle is made up of: 32% jelly, 30% custard, 21% sweetened whipped cream and 13% strawberries. The rest must be sponge, at 4%.
Calories in a Trifle & Nutrition
A quarter of the trifle is 234 calories, so the calories in a whole trifle are 936. The whole trifle also contains 48 grams of fat, 84 grams of sugar and 1.32 grams of salt. Nobody thought that reading a trifle calories and nutrition panel would ever end well though did they!
Trifle Review:
This was a pleasant enough trifle for what it was – a cheap supermarket own brand trifle. I didn’t really notice the sponge layer though as it was very thin. While I’d certainly buy one of these again on convenience/price point, it was lacking, for me, in the sponge quantity, so I’d not rush out to buy one.
If you’ve got people coming over and feel you’re a little light in desserts on a buffet table or tea table, it’s well worth buying one of these just to fill a slot, everybody likes to see a trifle on offer.
Trifle Tips:
- You can always add your own sprinkles or grated white chocolate to the top.
- Treat the carton carefully and keep it – this is a great size for when you make your own trifle, or even a layered salad! I’ll always keep 1-2 dishes of most sizes to re-use, having a cull of excess dishes every couple of years as they do accumulate when you keep them “because they’re hand”