"Black Forest" Trifle - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 double chocolate chip muffins (or triple)
3 -4 3 -4 tablespoons raspberry jam or 3 -4 tablespoons cherry jam
680 g morello cherries (stones removed)
2 -3 tablespoons brandy
1 - 1 1/2 kg custard (pre made)
150 g dark chocolate (good quality with a high cocoa content)
284 ml double cream
60 g crumbled Cadbury Flake chocolate bars

Preparation

Drain the cherries reserving a little syrup (approx 2-3 tbsp).
Put them in a bowl without the reserved syrup and pour over the brandy, leave overnight.
Slice each muffin horizontally three times and spread each slice with jam.
Re-build the muffins then cut into quarters as best as you can, this is rather messy. Put these into the bottom of your trifle bowl.
Put the cherries on top of the muffins and pour over the brandy from the marinade. If the muffins are not moist enough use the reserved cherry syrup as required.
Break the chocolate into pieces and put in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and melt the chocolate, do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water.
Put the custard in a bowl and add the melted chocolate, mix thoroughly and spoon over the cherries.
Whisk the cream into soft peaks and spoon it on top of the custard.
Crumble the flake bars and sprinkle over the cream.
This tastes better after leaving it to sit for a couple of hours to let the flavours meld together.