Trifle with strawberries and kiwi fruits

Simple dessert for a Christmas party.

Ingredients (serves 2):
2 tbsp custard powder
2 tbsp sugar
570ml milk
2 slices pound cake (2cm thick)
2 tbsp Cointreau or Grand Marnier
8 strawberries, diced
2 green kiwi fruits, peeled and diced
2 golden kiwi fruits, peeled and diced
Grated chocolate for garnishing
1 tbsp icing sugar for garnishing

Method:
1. Make the custard by mixing custard powder and sugar with 2 tbsp milk in a bowl. Bring the remaining milk to almost boiling point, then pour it into the custard mixture, and stir well. Return the custard into the pot and bring to a boil, stirring constantly until smooth. Set custard aside to cool down.
2. Fill bottom of glass with the pound cake base. Drizzle with 1 tbsp Cointreau or Grand Marnier. Top with strawberries and kiwi fruits.
3. Drizzle 1 tbsp Cointreau over the fruits (optional).
4. Pour custard over the fruits to form a layer. Top with more fruits, then another layer of custard.
5. Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
6. Before serving, garnish trifle with more fruits, chocolate shavings and dust with icing sugar.

Tips:
1. You can substitute strawberries and kiwi fruits with raspberries, blueberries or canned fruits such as peaches, apircots and mandarins.
2. You may use any type and amount of liqueur such as sherry, rum, Amaretto, Frangelico, Kirsch.
3. You can incorporate layers of mascarpone cheese or chocolate mousse if you like.
4. You can add other toppings such as fruits, crushed almond cookies, nuts and cocoa powder.
5. Serve in martini glasses or cocktail glasses.

Recipe source: Today newspaper