Mere trifles

Cindy has been experimenting with the traditional 'trifle' dessert.

Traditional trifle consists of repeated layers of angel food cake, Cool Whip, vanilla pudding, and pieces of fruits of your choice in a big glass bowl. It is a light and refreshing dessert.

However, the latest Taste of Home magazine had a recipe that caught the attention of both Cindy and me as we flipped through it--"Chocolate Trifle." It consisted of repeated layers of choco cake, Cool Whip, chocolate pudding, and crushed toffee.

We had a chance to try it out 2 weeks ago, and to 'take it up a notch' we did half cake and half brownies. The brownies were supremo, but both Cindy and I felt that it was still missing a little 'kick,' so it was back to the laboratory (i.e., www.Allrecipes. com).

It was there that Cindy found an idea for choco-peanut butter trifle. So she used just brownies, choco-PB pudding made using sweetened condensed milk and Cool Whip, and plain Cool Whip topped with chopped-up PB cups.

This sounded like the perfect combination, but when we ate it we discovered that it had a bit too much punch--Erin said it was too rich, Cameron said it was too 'creamy,' and Makenna only ate a little bit of it. I concurred with Erin, and even Cindy admitted it was a bit too rich.

So, though it pains me to relate this, I thoroughly chastised Cindy and told her that she needed to do better! And additionally, that no matter how many times it took that she had to keep at it until she got it just right!

We'll keep you updated!