Trifle

A trifle is a dessert elaborated with a cream custard , fruits, mass of sponge cake, juice of fruits or, more recently: gelatine, and mounted scum. These ingredients are distributed in coats by the sponge cake as separation between them and the fruit ultimately, the cream custard covers the last caps ultimately. It is one of the typical desserts of the English cuisine.

Characteristics:

Some trifles contain instead of juice of fruits, a small quantity of liquor to aromatize the mass of the sponge cake. They are in the habit of using port, Madeira wine or sherry.

Variants:

Chocolate trifle: sold in any supermarkets but it isn't considered to be an authentic trifle since all his coats are of chocolate.
Creole trifle: also named Russian cake, a different dessert composed by pieces of several desserts.
Zuppa inglese: similar to the Italian dessert.