Danish Apple Trifle (Æblekage)

Name: Danish Apple Trifle (Æblekage)
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Scandinavian
Ingredients: 1kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 80g caster sugar; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100g butter; 150g dried white breadcrumbs, from a loaf; 60g light brown sugar; 300ml double cream; 2 tbsp redcurrant jelly

Layers of soft stewed apple, buttery toasted crumbs and whipped cream. Simple, and always a hit.

Time40 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.22 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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1 kgcooking applespeeled, cored and sliced
80 gcaster sugar
1lemonjuiced
1 tspvanilla extract
100 gbutter
150 gdried white breadcrumbsfrom a loaf
60 glight brown sugar
300 mldouble cream
2 tbspredcurrant jelly

Method

1
Put the apples, caster sugar and lemon juice in a pan with 3 tbsp water. Cover and cook gently for 12 minutes until soft. Mash lightly and stir in the vanilla. Cool.
12 min
2
Melt the butter in a frying pan. Add the crumbs and brown sugar and fry for 8 minutes, stirring, until deep golden and crunchy. Cool.
8 min
3
Whip the cream to soft peaks.
4
In glasses, layer the crumbs, apple and cream, repeating until you reach the top. Finish with cream.
5
Dot with a little redcurrant jelly and chill for 30 minutes before serving.
30 min

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.