Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Pumpkin Chocolate Trifle (GF, DF, egg free)
I cannot WAIT to make this for Thanksgiving this year! Never mind the apple pie with the apples we can't eat, or the pumpkin pie with a crust for me to ruin, or the pecan pie with the (shudder) corn syrup that's just bad all around, not to mention a huge trigger food for us. I layered up all my favorite foods in one huge, lovely tower, and I may just eat this entire dessert myself :)
The very first recipe I ever posted was my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread, and it is still one of our favorite foods. The boys would eat this every single day if I let them. I decided to try to build a dessert trifle around the bread based on this classic combination of pumpkin and chocolate. I fooled around with some existing recipes to create an allergy-free chocolate pudding recipe for one layer, and an allergy-free coconut milk whipped cream for a second layer. I added some pumpkin to the cream so it's a beautiful shade of orange (hard to see in the photo), and with mini chocolate chips on the top the whole dish just sings "autumn holiday!"
My secret ingredient is allergy-free chocolate chunks (we use Enjoy Life brand) sprinkled throughout the layers. The bread functions like a cake layer, moistened and sweetened by the pudding layer, lightened by the cream layer, and the secret chocolate chunks provide a surprise crunch hidden within....something substantial to chew on. The Enjoy Life chunks have a pleasantly sweet flavor, yet are still bittersweet enough to keep the dessert from becoming cloyingly sugary. The boys like to eat these plain straight from the bag!
Make sure to cool the pudding before you layer it into the trifle, or it will melt the whipped cream. The whipped cream itself will not stay fluffy for very long, so you may want to assemble most of the trifle ahead of time, refrigerate it, and prepare one last cup of cream just before serving to layer on the top.
Pumpkin Chocolate Trifle
1 loaf Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
1 recipe Dairy-Free Chocolate Pudding (see below)
1 recipe Vegan Pumpkin Whipped Cream (see below)
1 cup chocolate chunks
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Dice the bread into 1" cubes. In a glass trifle dish, or glass bowl, layer bread, pudding, chocolate chunks and whipped cream. You will have enough ingredients for two layers of each type (eight layers in total.) Always start with bread on the bottom, and finish with cream on top. You may wish to reserve some cream until just before serving... re-whip it so it looks nice again, then spread on top of the trifle. Garnish with mini chocolate chips. Keep refrigerated... this recipe tastes better after the soft layers have had a chance to meld with the solid layers.
Dairy-Free Chocolate Pudding
3 cups rice milk or coconut milk
1/4 cup coconut syrup or brown rice syrup
1/4 cup potato starch
1/2 cup cocoa mix (I used Ghirardelli - it includes sugar)
1/2 tsp salt
4 egg replacers (2/3 cup water, 4 Tbsp ground flax seed)
In a medium saucepan, mix together rice milk, agave, potato starch and salt. Bring to a boil and stir one minute. Add cocoa and egg replacers and heat through. Let cool completely.
Vegan Pumpkin Whipped Cream
2 cans coconut milk, separated
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 - 1/2 cup coconut syrup
1/4 pumpkin puree
1 Tbsp white rice flour
Scoop out the solid parts of the coconut milk and place in the bowl of a stand mixer. Reserve the liquid parts for another recipe. Add syrup, rice flour and vanilla and beat on high until thickened and relatively stiff (this recipe will not form stiff peaks.) Fold in pumpkin until desired shade of orange is reached. Use immediately, as this cream will not remain whipped for very long.
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Oooh, this sounds so mouthwatering! Will definitely give this one a try :) Not so sure it will wait until Thanksgiving tho LOL.
ReplyDeleteFor you pecan pie...have you tried brown rice syrup in place of corn syrup? Recently, I saw that the line of coconut also has a syrup as well. Great alternatives!
Looks wonderful! Can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteYUMMY!!! Can't wait to try this.
ReplyDeleteI adore chocolate and pumpkin together! Looks delish! Thanks for linking up at Inspiration for Celebration!
ReplyDeleteChristina
Hello,
ReplyDeletethat sounds yummy and looks so, too. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Best greetings, Johanna
Thanks for linking your great post to FAT TUESDAY. This was very interesting! Hope to see you next week!
ReplyDeleteBe sure to visit RealFoodForager.com on Sunday for Sunday Snippets – your post from Fat Tuesday may be featured there!
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WOW!!!!!! I feel the need to have company for dinner, just so I can make this!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of trifle. I love the chocolate and pumpkin combinations - definitely something for me to try.
ReplyDeleteI dreamed about this last night..sounds amazing! When I feeling up to the effort, you can bet I will give it a whirl!
ReplyDeleteTessa@TessaDomesticDiva
Yummy; chocolate and pumpkin, two of my favourite things! This looks and sounds so good. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm so happy you have found replacements for your family. They're not missing out on anything! You're a great mom! Thanks so much for joining me for tea and enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Sandi
Sounds (and looks) delicious!! I love pumpkin desserts.
ReplyDeleteMmm. Looks so good. I found you on the Happiness Is blog hop. So glad to meet you!
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful!! And I love the idea! Great job!
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious, thanks for sharing with the Hearth and Soul hop!
ReplyDeleteoh gosh this looks so delish.
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have a great crafting weekend!
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Wow! I found your post from Serenity Now's blog party and am so thankful. We just had a new family join our church's community group who has gluten intolerance. I'm bookmarking your site now.
ReplyDeleteThanks again!
Delicious, that too eggless I am impressed. Thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop.
ReplyDeleteI love all things pumpkin! This sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteThis really looks wonderful! What a great idea! I hope you will link this post to my Thanksgiving Traditions link up!
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