Salted Caramel & Brownie Trifle

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Chocolate, caramel, whip cream and chocolate sauce….the epitome of desserts!!  Light and not too sweet…perfect! Make it early in the morning so it can chill all day. This recipe uses a lot of whipping cream ….a full 1 litre container! Trifle is about layers in a glass bowl so you can see all the great stuff.  I did a single layer in a bowl approx 4″ deep and 11″ wide.

Ingredients

  • Brownie – buy a great mix or use your own recipe
  • Salted Caramel Sauce – make your own (below) OR buy a great quality one
  • Salted Caramel Mousse – see below
  • Skor bits – 4 bars smashed into small pieces
  • Chocolate Sauce – make your own (below) OR buy a great quality one
  • Whipped Cream – make the Stabilized recipe below.

Directions

  • Brownie: Make according to directions on box and let it cool.  Can be make a day ahead.
  • Salted Caramel Sauce:
  • 3/4 c packed light brown sugar
  • 3/4 c white sugar
  • 1/2 c white corn syrup
  • 1/3 c butter
  • 3/4 c heavy whipping cream
  • In a small sauce pan, combine sugars, syrup and butter.  Cook over medium heat (don’t rush it), stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a complete boil, about 5 – 8 minutes. Check that brown sugar has dissolved completely.  If not, put on low heat for a few more minutes and stir continuously.  Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.  Stir in whipping cream.  Keep warm until layers are assembled. Extra can be stored in fridge for a few days.
  • Stabilized Whipped Cream:
  • 1 tsp (pkg) of unflavoured gelatin powder (Knox brand)
  • 1/8 c cold water
  • 2 c heavy whipping cream
  • 1 c powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water, stir it in if need be,  and let it bloom for 5 mins.
  • At the 3 minute mark, add sugar, vanilla, and whipping cream to the mixer bowl and set on low speed till combined, 1 – 2 minutes.
  • At the 5 minute mark, put the gelatin in the microwave for 15 seconds to dissolve.
  • Speed up the mixer and once soft peaks form, add the gelatin slowly to the mixture. Beat until stiff peaks form. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until ready to assemble layers.
  • Salted Caramel Mousse:
  • 1 lg container (340 g) of Whipped Cream Cheese (Philadelphia brand).  Use “whipped” so that the mousse is smooth.
  • Whip the cream cheese in the mixing bowl, about 4 minutes on medium speed to ensure no lumps.
  • Add 1/2 of the Salted Caramel mixture.  Continue beating on medium speed for about 3 minutes to get it light and fluffy.
  • Fold in about 1/2 of the Stabilized Whipped Cream.  Refrigerate until ready to assemble layers.
  • Chocolate Sauce:
  • 2 – 100 gm bars (8oz) of 70% cacao semisweet or bittersweet chocolate. (Lindt brand), broken into small pieces
  • 1 c heavy whipping cream
  • In a small sauce pan, heat the cream on low heat till almost a simmer. Remove from heat and add chocolate pieces.  Stir until well combined.
  • Assembly:
  • 1 – Smash the Skor bars and put in a small bowl.
  • 2 – Cut the brownie into small chunks.  Put a layer on the bottom of the bowl. I only needed 1/2 of the brownies for my layer.
  • 3 – Drizzle 2/3’s  of caramel sauce over top of brownie.
  • 4 – Spread all of the mousse ensuring that it covers and seals the brownies completely.
  • 5 – Drizzle 2/3’s of the chocolate sauce over the mousse.
  • 6 – Sprinkle 1/2 of Skor bars over the chocolate sauce
  • 7 – Spread all of the whipped cream over the Skor bars and ensuring that it covers and seals the Skor bar layer completely.
  • 8 – Decorate by drizzling the remainder of the caramel sauce and chocolate sauce on top of the whipped cream.  Sprinkle the remaining Skor bars on top. Chill at least 8 hours.

    • Thanks to many recipes…I took the best parts of each!

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