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A charlotte is a type of dessert or trifle that can be served hot or cold. It can also be known as an ice-box cake. Bread sponge cake or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold which is then filled with a fruit puree or custard. It can also be made using layers of breadcrumbs.Classically stale bread dipped in butter was used as the lining but sponge cake or ladyfingers may be used today. The filling may be covered with a thin layer of similarly flavoured gelatin.
