{"id":6079,"date":"2015-08-18T22:48:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T05:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:33:30","slug":"toasted-coconut-chocolate-trifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/toasted-coconut-chocolate-trifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Toasted Coconut Chocolate Trifles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These Toasted Coconut Chocolate Trifles feature cubes of thick, rich chocolate pound cake covered with coconut pastry cream and toasted flaked coconut. For ultimate indulgence, they are topped with whipped cream, more coconut shreds and chocolate curls. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helloooo from my new house! It’s been a whirlwind of sorting and packing and near-hernias and boxes and even MORE boxes around here lately. We just moved in a few days ago, so I’m still in bare survival, can’t-find-anything mode. I’m writing this from a card table surrounded by skyscrapers of cardboard in my new office, and even cobbling together this sorry set-up made me feel like a total MacGyver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The smartest thing I did before the move was to make and photograph a bunch of desserts, so that I wouldn’t have the added pressure of unpacking the kitchen and immediately starting to bake. The dumbest thing I did was to not actually write the posts and schedule them to publish, because I tricked myself into thinking I’d have aaaallll the time in the world to cozy up with my laptop during the move. Ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, here I am a few days later than planned, sharing this easy and delicious dessert with you! Trifles are one of my favorite secret weapon desserts—you know, the ones you can turn to in times of true baking emergency. When family members spring an unexpected visit on you. When you have to impress the boss and—whoops!—that Baked Alaska just caught fire in the oven. (It’s possible I’m just cribbing from an old I Love Lucy<\/em> episode here.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter your situation, I’m pretty sure trifles are the answer. They’re fast to assemble and can be as complicated or as simple as you want them to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this recipe, I used leftover Chocolate Pound Cake<\/a> cut into small cubes. You could make the pound cake from scratch, sure, but you can also substitute any chocolate cake of your choice (boxed or homemade both work!) or even brownies. I layered the cake cubes with coconut pastry cream and toasted flaked coconut, then topped them with whipped cream and more coconut shreds and chocolate curls. If you want to simplify it even more, you can swap the pastry cream for coconut instant pudding and people will still think you’re a culinary genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the perfect dessert for those times you have a cake itch you want scratched, but you don’t want to turn on the oven or, you know, actually make a whole cake. Just  throw your leftover cake cubes together with something moistifying (technical term), and you’re instantly enjoying all the best parts of cake without any of the work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now if you need me, I’ll be tunneling out of my box fort. Over and out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Author <\/span>Elizabeth LaBau<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t