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Hob Nob Trifle Recipe – Imitation Game Movie Night

* World Market provided me with product for this post, but all opinions are my own.
It is officially awards season, folks! We are just a few weeks away from the Oscars. Have you picked your favorites? Are you someone who tries to see all the nominees before the big night? Usually I’ve only seen the nominees in the Best Animated Feature category (thanks, kids), but this year I have actually seen a few of the grown-up people films too! It’s pretty exciting.
World Market is celebrating movie season with Oscar and movie entertaining ideas plus a fabulous Movie Lovers Sweepstakes (more on that at the end of the post), and I’m joining in on the fun with some ideas for a laid back Imitation Game-inspired movie night.
The Imitation Game was one film that received multiple nominations that I saw and really enjoyed – and not just because I love Benedict Cumberbatch. It is very entertaining, but a fairly serious film, and so I think the perfect Imitation Game movie night would be a few close friends on the couch with a delicious British dessert. And when I think British dessert, I think trifle.

Traditional English trifle has a few standard components: sponge cake usually soaked in sherry, custard, whipped cream, and fruit. Over here in the States, we often substitute pudding for custard, but – good news! – you can pick up a can of Bird’s custard powder at World Market and make a traditional English custard easy peasy.

I decided to add some of the other yummy British foods you can pick up at World Market to my trifle. Here are some of the goodies I picked up:

When I was in college, I spent a semester in London, and I quickly became obsessed with Hob Nobs. Oh my – so yummy. They are oaty, crunchy digestives coated on the bottom with chocolate, and lucky for me they can be found at World Market. I also picked up some of the candy bars I remembered eating when I was there, but only ended up using the Violet Crumble bars. They have a really nice crunch – almost like a malt ball texture – but a caramel/toffee kind of a flavor.
The last thing you definitely need for your trifle is a beautiful trifle bowl. The good news is that you can get a beautiful one for a great price at World Market along with all kinds of entertaining essentials.

Hob Nob Trifle Recipe

Ingredients:
  • Yellow Cake Mix, prepared and baked according to directions on box
  • 2 pints (four cups) worth of Bird’s Custard Powder prepared according to directions on package
  • 1 package Milk Chocolate Hob Nobs, chopped
  • 2 Violet Crumble bars chopped
  • 1 jar salted caramel sauce (or make your own)
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  1. Start off by preparing the cake according to the directions. After it is baked and cooled, cut it into 1″ cubes.
  2. Make two batches of Bird’s Custard Powder following the directions on the package. They might be just a bit confusing for Americans, so a few hints – “on the hob” means “on the stovetop,” and a pint is equal to two cups.
  3. Whip 2 cups heavy whipping cream with 1/4 cup sugar just until stiff peaks form.
  4. Start the trifle with a layer of cubed cake drizzled with salted caramel. Top it with a layer of custard, a layer of chopped Hob Nobs, a layer of whipped cream, and a layer of chopped Violet Crumble. Repeat the layers three times ending with a layer of whipped cream. Garnish the top with some crushed Hob Nobs.
  5. Chill at least 8 hours up to overnight to get it really yummy.
For my Imitation Game movie night, I will serve the trifle with a cup of tea for a quintessential British treat. I don’t drink black tea, but love the Caramel Chai herbal tea I found at World Market.

I set the table with a slate cheese board, black ticking stripe ribbon, and mini metal chalkboard signs, all found at World Market. A perfect, cozy, tasty British movie night!

So, remember that Movie Lovers Sweepstakes I mentioned earlier?

Movie Lovers Sweepstakes

This is your chance to win Free Movies for a Year (2 tickets every week) AND a $1,000 World Market gift card! You could throw some pretty awesome movie nights with that! There will be a new winner chosen every week (four in total), so hurry on over and enter! Sweepstakes ends 2/21/15. Good luck!

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  1. Angela Neese Rathbun says

    OMG! I can't believe you used Violet Crumble! This already looked delicious, but now I HAVE to try it! When I lived in Australia I was addicted to Violet Crumble (and Tim Tams – have you tried those?!), and I get so excited any time I go to World Market and can pick one up. Thanks so much for sharing!