Monday, December 28, 2009

Magazine Monday #59: Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle (Solstice Dessert!)

Finally, a week after the fact, I present to you the dessert I made for this year's Solstice meal, and let me tell you, this is a doozy! I knew the moment I saw it in the November (and final) issue of Gourmet Magazine, that I had to make this. It was just too good to pass up.

And boy was I right! This was an incredible concoction. And pretty simple to make. You can find the original recipe here.

The only change I made to the recipe was that, for the gingerbread cake, I used about 1/4 cup of chopped ginger in syrup that came in Jodi's parcel, and I reduced the ground ginger to about 1 tsp. It was a good call; the chopped ginger really added a lot of flavour to the cake. In the end, however, it wasn't the greatest gingerbread I've ever had, but since it was going in a trifle, it didn't matter as much.

The pumpkin mousse was fabulous and easy to make. In fact, in general, this was a very easy dessert to put together, and very light. I would definitely make this again!

As it happened, it didn't all get eaten on Solstice, so guess what I had for breakfast the following three mornings? Yep. And it makes an awesome breaky, too, I must say!

17 comments:

Karen said...

Mmmmm, trifle.... pumpking and gingerbread? What a delicious combination.

NKP said...

Wow, it looks so majestic. That last issue of Gourmet seemed to have the best recipes.

Inspired by eRecipeCards said...

This sounds amazing... Funny you are eating that for breakfast, I am eating leftover onion bread pudding from your earlier post. Can not tell you how much I enjoyed that (well, i will as i plan to blog it today)

Cathy said...

oooooooh wow....I love pumpkin and I love gingerbread. I don't think I would share this dessert with anyone.

Tina said...

That is pretty...when I first saw the photo I thought it was tiramasu.

Heather S-G said...

Oh, is that a load of crystallized ginger on the top...yum!!! Sounds and looks awesome :)

Anonymous said...

I have two words for you: WOW and Impressive! :-)

Inspired by eRecipeCards said...

Come take a look... I loved your bread pudding from a few days ago, and it fit right in to a lifestyle change I have been wanting to do...

http://yearonthegrill.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-years-resolutions-started-yesterday.html

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

That trifle is very original! I love the choice of ingredients!

Cheers,

Rosa

tamilyn said...

Am I the only one to see a "face" in your trifle dish?

I bet the flavors were amazing together.

"cheaw" is the word verification-kinda funny!

Wandering Coyote said...

Tamilyn: Actually, now that you point it out, I can see a face, too!

Bob said...

Awesome. That must be a great breakfast! :D

creampuff said...

I'd eat that for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Lovely!

Debbie said...

wow...that looks so pretty and mouth watering... :)

Megan said...

What a wonderful looking dessert! Oh yea, I can see this as a breakfast. Hope you have a Hapy New Year! :)

Megan said...

What a wonderful looking dessert! Oh yea, I can see this as a breakfast. Hope you have a Hapy New Year! :)

Jannett said...

Sounds like a wonderful combination. :)

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