Trifle Trifle Trifle in English cuisine is a dessert made with fruit, a thin layer of sponge fingers soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, and custard. It can be topped with whipped cream. The fruit and sponge layers may be suspended in fruit-flavoured jelly, and these ingredients are usually arranged to produce three or four layers. The contents of a trifle are highly variable; many varieties exist, some forgoing fruit entirely and instead using other ingredients such as chocolate, coffee or vanilla. The name trifle was used for a dessert like a fruit fool in the sixteenth century; by the
Floating island (dessert) Katharine Hepburn's character Bunny Watson served Richard Sumner (Spencer Tracy) floating island dessert. In Jack London's story, The Apostate, floating island is a dish that holds a near-mythical ideal to the working class lead character. In the Nancy Drew mystery story "The Hidden Staircase", floating island is served at Twin Elms. In , floating island is one of Myrtle Snow's favorite desserts after key lime pie. Floating island (dessert) A floating island is a dessert of French origin, consisting of meringue floating on crème anglaise (a vanilla custard). The meringues are prepared from whipped egg whites, sugar, and vanilla extract