Trifle

No jelly, and sponge covered in raspberries soaked in sherry. I add crushed meringue to whipped cream and sprinkle with shaved chocolate.

I agree grannybuy - definitely no jelly, especially as I'm a veggie.

I always make the trifle for Christmas which we all spend at my lovely sisters house . Last year I tried the Jamie Oliver recipe which included a layer of blancmange , it was a proper old fashioned trifle and everyone loved it although the youngsters had never heard of blancmange !

Whatever recipe you use, don't do what Rachel did in one episode of Friends.
Because some pages were stuck together in her book she made a shepherds pie base, then covered it with fruit, custard and cream /
Never forget that - some of them ate it too.

I like Jing's recipe, using leftover meat from a joint. I find bought mince is tasteless, whatever you do with it.

ps sorry got mixed up with the other thread for the last sentence.

I've always made a traditional trifle, but now also make a booze-free version based on chocolate and orange which is always popular. Break up a few Jaffa cakes as the base, and add tinned mandarins with enough juice to soften. Next layer is usual home-made custard, then whipped cream, and decorated with oranges, grated chocolate and spare decorations from boozy trifle, ( green angelica) but leave off the maraschino cherries to make them easy to tell apart.

What did they do to Sticky Toffee Pudding this evening?! For once I'm with scary Cherish: 'Less is more, chef!'
I love the Lakes, and STP, but that lump of polystyrene didn't conjure up the area or the pud for me. Interesting to hear that STP originated in Canada rather than Cartmel though.

The designs are very stylish but how does it taste. I agree about a good old fashioned trifle with sponge