This Boston cream pie trifle is inspired by everyone’s favorite Boston Cream Pie, a classic American Cake. The original cake calls for pastry cream sandwiched between layers of sponge cake.
For the quickest version of trifle, I used custard powder to make a custard and yellow cake mix to make a vanilla cake. To make it even more indulgent, it's topped with a luscious two-ingredient chocolate ganache.
To help the custard set properly, make this trifle two to three hours in advance. It’s easy and simple to put together, serve and eat and it can be made in 60 minutes. It’s a fantastic make-ahead dessert!
In a chilled bowl add heavy whipping cream. Beat cream using an electric beater. Once the cream starts to thicken up a bit add sifted icing sugar. Beat again, until stiff peaks form.
Once all components of trifle are ready, start layering.