Trouble Free Chocolate Mini-trifle

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 poundcake (store-bought, frozen, whatever)
• 1/2 lb chocolate (i like lindt)
• 1/2 cup grand marnier (or other orange liqueur)
• 2 oranges
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 peel the two oranges, removing all pith.
• 2 slice them into rounds.
• 3 place the orange juice and the sugar in a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook till syrupy.
• 4 stir in the orange slices and get them well coated.
• 5 break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it either in the micro wave or over simmering water on the stove--but reserve a bit of chocolate for garnishing the desserts.
• 6 slice the pound cake into 1/2" thick rectangles. you should have 16.
• 7 brush eight of the rectangles generously with the grand marnier.
• 8 pour the melted chocolate evenly over the eight slices of cake.
• 9 distribute half the orange slices over the cake.
• 10 top with another slice of cake and cover that with whipped cream.
• 11 meanwhile, whizz the brown sugar and the cinnamon in a coffee grinder or mini processor (or a mortar and pestle).
• 12 place each mini trifle on a serving plate.
• 13 garnish the plate with the remaining orange slices and some chocolate curls and sprinkle the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture decoratively over the plates.
• 14 if you have time and want to be fancier, put the whipped cream in a pastry bag and pipe it on--but just slathered whipped cream looks lovely.