Mithai Trifle is a beautiful and classic fusion dessert recipe that combines popular Indian sweets such as gulab jamun, rasgulla, jalebi, barfi, and ladoo with layers of whipping cream, crumbled cake, and nuts. It is a stunning and crowd-pleaser at Diwali and Christmas.
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Mithai Trifle
The classic Indian sweets combined with smooth and creamy whipped cream and crumbled cake make this mithai trifle visually stunning. It is a perfect centerpiece for any festive celebration, such as Diwali, Eid, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or special occasions like weddings, Valentine's Day, etc.
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Ingredients
Mithai: You can use any Indian sweets of your choice. I have used gulab jamun, rasgulla, milk barfi, besan ladoo, motichoor ladoo and jalebi.
Cream: Heavy whipping cream is preferred. Flavor it with saffron and cardamom for a traditional Indian flavor.
Cake: Any sponge cake, gulab jamun cake, or leftover cake can be used to make this trifle dessert.
Nuts and rose petals: To make it look more festive.
Check out the recipe card for a full list of ingredients
Step-by-step instructions
- In a mixie jar or blender, add sugar, cardamom pods, and saffron and blend it to a smooth powder.
- In a bowl, add whipping cream and powdered sugar and whisk until stiff peaks are formed.
- In a blender, add cake slices and pulse for seconds.
- Use your favorite mithai and chop or crumble them into small bite-size pieces.
Assemble
- In a serving glass, add a layer of cake crumbs, followed by a layer of sweets and then whipped cream. Garnish with pistachios and rose petals.
- Repeat the same layers one more time.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Tips
- Based on the size of the serving glass, you may have to assemble the layers. You can make two big servings or four individual servings with the recipe given.
- Instead of cake crumbles, cookie crumbles, custard, or jelly can be added.
- You can make this mithai trifle even after diwali with all the leftover sweets.
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Recipe card
Indian Mithai Trifle Dessert
Equipment
- Serving jars
Ingredients
For the cream
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- 2-3 Cardamom pods
- 8 Saffron strands kesar
- 1 cup Whipping cream
For crumbled cake
Mithai (Sweets) chopped. Use your favorite sweet assortment
- 1 Besan ladoo
- 2 Rasgulla
- 2 Gulab jamun
- 1 Milk barfi peda
- 1 Motichoor ladoo
- 1 or 2 Jalebi
Other ingredients
- Pistachios, for garnish
- Rose petals, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixie jar or blender, add sugar, cardamom pods, and saffron and blend it to a smooth powder.2 tablespoon Sugar, 2-3 Cardamom pods, 8 Saffron strands
- In a bowl, add whipping cream and powdered sugar and whisk until stiff peaks are formed.1 cup Whipping cream
- In a blender, add cake slices and pulse for seconds.2 Sponge cake slices
- Use your favorite mithai and chop or crumble them into small bite-size pieces.1 Besan ladoo, 2 Rasgulla, 2 Gulab jamun, 1 Milk barfi, 1 Motichoor ladoo, 1 or 2 Jalebi
Assemble
- In a serving glass, add a layer of cake crumbs, followed by a layer of sweets and then whipped cream. Garnish with pistachios and rose petals.Pistachios, for garnish, Rose petals, for garnish
- Repeat the same layers one more time.
- Chill until ready to serve.
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Notes
- Based on the size of the serving glass, you may have to assemble the layers. You can make two big servings or four individual servings with the recipe given.
- Instead of cake crumbles, cookie crumbles, custard, or jelly can be added.
- You can make this mithai trifle even after diwali with all the leftover sweets.
- I have flavored whipped cream with saffron and cardamom. It is optional. You can simply add vanilla extract instead.
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Rachana
What a creative twist on traditional mithai! This dessert is not only stunning but incredibly delicious! 🙂