Darce's Trifle

2 white cake mixes or sheet cake
heavy whipping cream
powdered sugar
vanilla

For the Pudding:

Double:
2/3 cup sugar
5 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla

1) Combine sugar, flour, salt in saucepan
2) Stir milk in gradually and continue until thick
3) Switch to low heat for 5 minutes stirring always (double broiler best) burns easily
4) Take some of the mixture out and add to egg yoke then add all back to saucepan
5) Cook on low heat for 2 minutes
6) Add vanilla last
7) Cool

Layer Order:
cake
pudding
cream
fruit
repeat

Crust:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
1 stick of unsalted butter melted
3/4 tsp salt (reduce to 1/4 tsp if using salted butter)
1-2 TBS water (adjust accordingly to help the dough form a ball)
Combine all of the ingredients with a fork and then press into and up the sides of a tart or pie dish and set aside.

3-5 tart apples, peeled and sliced thinly
Arrange apples in a pretty fan pattern in the crust. Do not stack slices more than two high. Place in a pre-heated, 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Filling:
5 TBS butter
1/4 cup sugar
2 TBS honey
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
During the last five minutes of baking combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. Do not boil or even simmer, just combine. Remove filling from heat and add the vanilla. Remove the tart from the oven and generously sprinkle the apples with cinnamon. Pour filling over the apples and place the tart back in the oven for 10 minutes.

Allow to cool completely before cutting so that the filling sets a bit.

Mediterranean Salad

1 cucumber sliced
1 tomato sliced
1/4 c feta cheese
juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/4 c olive oil
1 T lemon pepper seasoning
pepper & kosher salt to taste.