Trifle

• stale cake, preferably yellow or pound
• ladyfingers or more cake
• fresh fruit, variety of tastes and texture, or canned
• custard, preferably hard-set, overcooked but not burnt and/or jello (not my preference)
• red currant jelly
• nuts (pecans, slivered almonds or your choice)
• sherry and/or sherries and/or brandy
• whipped cream
• lots of options, a good deal depends on how much you want to make

1. Select a bowl (glass is fun).
2. Put some stale cake on bottom; halve ladyfingers or cake up the sides.
3. (Ladyfingers relax nicely with lashing of sherry.)
4. Lace all these with sherry.
5. Layer with sliced fruits repeatedly, and alternate with custard layers, occasional cake-slice layers, fruits, fruits and fruits, lashes of sherry, dollops of currant jelly, sprinkles of nuts, etc.
6. If it's a glass bowl, turn some vivid colors eyeward.
7. Internally, please yourself by the arrangements only you will see, and only once.
8. Top with whipped cream and fruit/nut reminders.
9. Never forget the sherry.

cake, ladyfingers, fresh fruit, custard, red currant, nuts, sherry, whipped cream, lots of options

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=589051 (may not work)