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    Published: Dec 7, 2018 · Modified: Aug 26, 2019 by Erika Burt & Danielle Coonerty

    Black Forest Trifle – Low Carb and Keto

    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
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    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Trifle is a classic Christmas dessert. In Australia, a festive trifle would always be served for Christmas dessert, along with Christmas pudding. This black forest trifle will become your new favourite Christmas dessert. The best thing about it is that it is keto friendly, so we can all enjoy it this Christmas.

    This is a sponsored post by Low Carb Emporium, Australia’s leading online shop for our favourite keto friendly products. All products recommended in this post are based on our personal favourites.

    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Low Carb Black Forest Trifle

    We absolutely love trifle here at Have Butter will Travel and this black forest trifle is our third trifle recipe. Trifle is the classic Christmas dessert. Traditionally, trifle is a layered dessert usually consisting of jelly, cake, custard, fruit and cream.

    If you are a big fan of trifles, like we are, make sure you check out our raspberry trifle and tropical trifle.

    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Low Carb Emporium

    Low Carb Emporium is the premium online low carb website in Australia. They launched in October 2017 and have grown to be the stockists of the best low carb products Australia has to offer. We love Low Carb Emporium and place an order with them every couple of months. Although at the moment it feels like we are ordering more like every couple of weeks.

    Jack and Yvonne have gone from shipping products out of their garage to now needing a warehouse to distribute all our favourite products. We were lucky enough to be invited to check out their new premises and were impressed by all the wonderful products they have in stock now.

    For this recipe you can purchase the below ingredients from Low Carb Emporium using our code for a discount HAVEBUTTER5

    • Cherry Jam
    • Chocolate Cake Mix

    Christmas and holiday desserts

    Christmas is a time spent hanging out with family and friends. It is also a time where we are faced with desserts and treats that we might not face on a day to day basis. Our favourite strategy for dealing with this, is to make our favourite keto desserts to take to Christmas get togethers.

    Check out some of our favourite keto Christmas desserts.

    • Pavlova
    • Custard
    • Rum balls
    • Gingerbread cookies
    • Truffles

    Black Forest Flavours

    Traditionally, black forest cake would be a chocolate cake with cherries and whipped cream sandwiched between the cake layers. So we took that inspiration used these flavours for this black forest trifle. This trifle includes cherry jelly/jell-o, chocolate cake, cherry jam/jelly, chocolate filling, cream and cherries.

    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Ingredient Alternative for North Americans

    If you live in North America you won’t be able to access all the awesome ingredients from Low Carb Emporium. Here are some alternative ingredients, so you will also be able to make this delicious black forest trifle.

    • Sugar Free Cherry Jell-o
    • Good Dee’s Chocolate Cake Mix Make the cake as per directions.
    • Chocolate filling We would recommend making this chocolate filling from Low Carb Yum and just leave out the cherry extract. If you make this chocolate filling, you can skip the filling step in the instructions, as this will replace it.
    • Cherry Jelly. We have had difficulty finding good quality sugar free cherry jelly. We have found a few different options and we will let you decide the best option for you.
      • Dickinsons sugar free cherry perserve
      • Grandma’s sugar free cherry jam
      • Smucker’s blackberry jelly
    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Sugar Free Black Forest Trifle

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    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: celebration, dessert, Keto, Low Carb
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 714kcal

    Ingredients

    Jelly

    • 1 Packet Sugar Free Cherry Jelly/Jello

    cake

    • 1 Packet 180 Cakes Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting
    • 4 Large Eggs
    • 0.5 cup Coconut Milk
    • 60 g Butter (softened)

    Filling

    • Frosting from the Cake Mix
    • 250 g Cream Cheese (softened) cubed
    • 1 cup Pure Cream (heavy whipping cream)

    Cream Topping

    • 1.5 cups Pure Cream (heavy whipping cream)

    Assembly

    • 0.25 cup Sugar free Cherry Jam
    • Cherries for Garnish Optional

    Instructions

    Jelly/Jello

    • Make the jelly/jello as per packet instructions and allow to set overnight in the bottom of your trifle dish. 
      Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Cake

    • Make the cake as per instructions and set aside the frosting mix for the filling instructions. 
    • Allow cake to cool completely and then wrap it cling wrap and place in fridge to become cold before cutting. Cut the cake in half to create 2 even circular layers. Set aside for assembly. 

    Filling

    • In a medium sized bowl, place the cream cheese. Using a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese for 1-2 mins.
    • Add the frosting mix and pure cream to the cream cheese mixture and continue to mix with hand mixer, starting on low and increase to high for 2-3 minutes until the mixture is fully combined and fluffy.  Set aside for assembly. 

    Cream Topping

    • Place the cream in a bowl, using a hand mixer beat cream on high until soft peaks form. Set aside for assembly.

    Assembly

    • Spread the jam onto the cut side of both of the chocolate cake discs. 
    • Place one of the chocolate cake discs, jam side facing up, on top of the jelly layer that has been set in the trifle bowl.
      Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
    • Place all the filling on top of the cake, spreading evenly. 
      Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
    • Place the second cake disc, jam side down, on top of the frosting layer.
      Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.
    • Pile the cream topping decoratively on top of the cake and top with cherries for garnish. 

    Notes

    Nutritional panel does not include the garnish of cherries. 
    Total time does not include setting and cooling times. 
    NOTE: THIS IS BASED ON THE INGREDIENTS WE USED, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE INGREDIENTS USED. 

    Nutrition Per Serve

    Calories: 714kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 61g | Sugar: 0g | Net Carbs: 5g
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    Are you looking for that perfect keto dessert for a celebration? This black forest trifle is perfect for Christmas lunch or any celebration.

    Disclosure: The above post may contain affiliate links. We may earn a small commission from purchases made through these links, at no additional cost to you. Everything we recommend on our website are products we use and love. Thank you for supporting Have Butter will Travel and allowing us to share our low carb experiences with you.

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