Dan Abel wrote:

> I looked up "trifle" in the dictionary, and did a Google, but even
> though I know what it is, and have eaten it before (made by a real
> English lady), I don't know why they call it that. Every non-food
> definition seems really backwards. It's very tasty and some amount of
> work, but the regular definition of the word is "thing of little value
> or importance".
>

I think it is something originally made with leftover sponge and cream
and such so perhaps that is how it took on the name?