Cointreau Chocolate Trifle

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups pastry cream
• 1 angel food cake, storebought
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2/3 cup cointreau liqueur
• 30 ounces mandarin orange segments, canned, drained
• 2 ounces giradelli bittersweet chocolate, grated

Recipe

• 1 make & chill lenotre pastry cream.
• 2 while pastry cream chilling, cut angelfood cake into thumb-sized chunkes. sprinkle with 1/3 cup cointreau. set aside.
• 3 whip cream & add sugar & cointreau. beat until stiff peaks develop.
• 4 assemble as follows: cake layer, pastry cream layer, orange segment layer, whipped cream layer. generously grate chilled chocolate onto whipped cream. repeat layers - finish with whipped cream. garnish with orange segments & grated chocolate. chill several hours before serving. voila!