Chocolate Raspberry Trifle Recipe

I served this trifle Monday- U. S. Memorial Day in Poland. We had friends over, more because Gail was leaving to return to the states than because of the holiday. We made Spanish food, some of my favorites - sangria, gazpacho, pinchos morunos. We deviated from the Spanish theme for dessert, trifle rather than flan.

Raspberries aren't available here yet, but cherries are, so I my trifle was Black Forest-like. There's nothing complicated about it, but I did start making it several days in advance.

First the cake - a gensoise, flavored with lots of dark chocolate. The batter has 8 eggs, and I beat them for 25 minutes to get the right texture and volume. After reading about Rose's failure on her blog, I'm glad I didn't…