Blackberry Trifle

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 french-style ladyfinger cookies
• 4 cups fresh blackberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 3 tablespoons brandy extract
• 6 almond macaroons, crushed
• 8 cups prepared vanilla pudding
• 4 cups whipped topping
• 1/2 cup toasted almond, slivered

Recipe

• 1 mix flour and sugar and stir gently through berries.
• 2 warm slightly.
• 3 arrange bottom halves of ladyfingers in single layer in bottom of a 9x9-inch pan.
• 4 spread with blackberry mixture.
• 5 place second layer of ladyfingers on top.
• 6 mix orange juice and brandy extract.
• 7 pour over ladyfingers.
• 8 hand-crush macaroons and sprinkle over top.
• 9 cover with pudding.
• 10 allow to chill and set for 1 hour.
• 11 spread whipped topping over pudding.
• 12 decorate with toasted almonds.