Cake for trifle can be very tasty with a fruit juice to compliment the other ingredients used in place of alcohol. With a search of our message boards for: trifle I found this recipe that was shared by Gina that uses a lemon syrup: Sak's 5th Avenue Strawberry and Lemon Trifle. If you want the flavor of the alcohol here are some ideas for you:
Substitutes for Alcohol in Cooking
If this doesn't answer your question please feel free to post again. - Betsy

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hi
i was wondering if anyone here knows about alcohol and recipes that call for alcohol. I don't use any alcolol and i want to make this trifle that said to pour alcohol over the cake before i put the cheese. so i want a replacement of the alcohol or what can i pour over the cake in the space of the alcohol
thanks
saubera