Valentine’s Sherry Trifle

With the romantic holiday fast approaching you are probably being inundated with Valentine’s Recipes and ideas. Chocolate is always the first choice but why not try a Sherry Trifle? It’s a sexy dessert and you could feed it to your beau. Plus it’s the one dessert that gets better with age.

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Ingredients:

1 pound cake

raspberry jam

small can fruit cocktail

pkg fresh raspberries or frozen 6 ozs

1 can Bird’s Custard

Whipping Cream

Inexpensive sherry  1 cup

Directions:

Slice cake and spread raspberry jam over slices. Lay in Trifle dish or glass bowl at least 10″ across.

Add sherry, leave to soak 15 mins.

Drain juice from cocktail and add fruit.

add raspberries

Follow directions on Bird’s custard 2 times the amount.

Put into fridge after 10 mins to set.

Add whipping cream to cover.

Decorate with dried fruit, sprinkles for a festive look.

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Not only is this an amazing dessert and will be a great way to finish off your romantic dinner, but it’s really easy!

Recipe Source: My Mom

Image Credit: iStockPhoto

Post from: Blisstree

Valentine’s Sherry Trifle