Making Zuppa Inglese, Italian English Trifle, Illustrated

Though Italian cookbooks wonder at the origins of this pudding's name, Zuppa Inglese really is an English trifle, in other words a pudding made by interlayering cake with cream and other ingredients. It's especially common in Tuscany, because the English who lived in the region a century ago often asked for it, but you will find it throughout the Peninsula. It can be served either chilled (which is more common), or partially frozen, though if you take that route be careful lest it freeze solid.

It is one of my Father-in-Law's favorite desserts, and wife Elisabetta grew up watching her mother make it. Now, Daughter C watches her make it.