This lemon blueberry trifle is a perfect no bake dessert for a hot summer day! The delicious flavours are delivered through adding lashings of Italian Limoncello liqueur to the trifle sponges as well as lemon curd and fresh, juicy blueberries.What a treat!

You can also try my Pumpkin Mousse Trifle, a recipe for another season but just as delicious.

blueberry trifle on table, two white and blue teacups

Trifle Recipes

I didn’t grow up eating trifle, but my husband did and when he first introduced me to this wonderful mess of cake, cream, custard and fruit, it was love at first sight … and bite.

I can’t get Joey’s infamous words out of my mind whenever I think of trifles,”What’s not to like? Custard, good. Jam, good. Meat, good!”

Although there is no meat or even jam in my trifle, Joey’s words of truth stand. Also if you don’t get this Friends reference, you are probably too young! 🙂

trifle topped with blueberries and shaved white chocolate

The best thing about trifles, apart from their divine taste, they barely take any time to throw together. And they don’t require any baking. Perfect for hot summer days!

Trifles Recipes

Trifle flavours and ingredients vary but the principle remains the same.

All you have to do is to build layers of delicious things made out of cake, curds, puddings, fresh fruit and top them all with softly whipped cream. Trifles are usually served in special trifle bowls, so all beautiful layers are on display.

My personal favourite layer in all trifles is a delicate vanilla custard. Brits really perfected the art of custards. They are customarily used to drown all sorts of puddings – read “desserts” – before they are considered fit to eat and a big part of traditional English Trifle.

Custard take a little bit of patience and loving care to prepare but today I am cutting corners and using a lemon curd folded into a cloud of whipped cream instead of a custard.

However if you still wish to make it, take a look at my recipe for rhubarb custard.

Lemon curd is another famous British delicacy – creamy, sweet and sharp at the same time! Lemon curd is a classic pairing for blueberries.

Blueberry Lemon Trifle on a table covered with white cloth and a white and blue teacup

How to Make Blueberry Limoncello Trifle

There are many tasty ways to make a trifle and here is one of mine. This Blueberry Limoncello trifle is as easy as it is unforgettable! Feel free to experiment and mix things up according to your own taste. It’s hard to get it wrong.

The base of any trifle is cake, usually an old one. That is why alcohol like sweet sherry is used to soften it and bring back the moisture. I use premade trifle sponges available in most supermarkets and soaked them in lemon flavoured Limoncello instead of sherry. (You can also use lady fingers, the same ones that go into Tiramisu.)

I decided to intensify the lemon flavour and fragrance by adding a generous amount of the famous Italian liqueur and I didn’t regret it. Pure indulgence!

If you’d like to keep your trifle alcohol free, soak the cake in lemon syrup or lemon cordial.

images of whipped cream, lemon curd and blueberries

The second layer is lemon curd folded into softly whipped cream. The trick is here not to over whip. We want a cloud like texture, not butter.

Then a gorgeous layer of fresh blueberries followed by a layer of pure lemon curd. I finish my trifle off with slightly sweetened whipped cream, white chocolate curls and blueberries.

Can I make a trifle ahead?

You can and should make a trifle a day ahead. The cake layer needs that time to soak up all the flavours and to regain the moisture.

However, decorate the top with fresh berries and chocolate curls before serving. This will make it look more attractive.

Keep the trifle refrigerated and consume the leftovers within two days.

Grab a big enough spoon and prepare yourself for greatness!

overhead view of blueberry lemon trifle topped with white chocolate shavings

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