Irish Sherry Trifle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 c. milk
3 Tbsp. sugar
3 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. water
1 sponge cake
1 c. creamy sherry
1 c. raspberry jam
1 c. heavy cream with a bit of sherry and super fine sugar
4 Tbsp. toasted slivered almonds
candied green/red cherries (optional)

Preparation

Prepare custard sauce.
Blend cornstarch with 1/2 cup of milk and set aside.
Beat together sugar, egg yolk and water. Set aside.
In the top of a double boiler, scald remaining milk and very slowly add cornstarch mixture, stirring constantly.