English Trifle - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (3 oz.) pkg. raspberry jello
    1 small can fruit cocktail
    1 small can pineapple tidbits
    sponge cake or ladyfingers
    1 small jar raspberry jam
    1 Tbsp. sherry wine (optional)
    1/2 to 3/4 c. shredded coconut
    coconut cookies or similar
    1 (4 1/2 oz.) pkg. vanilla pudding mix
    1 3/4 c. milk
    slivered almonds (optional)
    Cool Whip or whipped cream
Preparation
    In a small bowl make raspberry jello, using most of juice from cocktail and pineapple (reserve 1/4 to 1/2 cup) plus water to make 1 3/4 cups liquid.
    While jello is getting very thick (but not set), in approximately 1 1/2-quart size serving bowl, line bottom of bowl with cake spread with jam.
    Add sherry and enough of remaining juice to soak cake; mash with fork.
    Cover with alternate layers of coconut, crumbled cookies, fruit cocktail, cookies, coconut and pineapple.
    Pour very thick jello over all and leave to set.
    When jello has set, prepare vanilla pudding, using 1 3/4 cups milk, and pour over the set jello mixture.
    Let set.
    Decorate with Cool Whip and slivered almonds and serve.
    Yum!!
    Yum!!

Leave a comment