English Sherry Trifle

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups whipping cream (or more!)
• 1 -2 cup sherry wine (or more!)
• 2 cups fruit cocktail, drained
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 2 cups fresh strawberries or 2 cups frozen strawberries (pureed, leaving 6-8 whole for garnish)
• 1 sponge cake, cut into cubes (see recipe below or use store bought sponge or flan cake )
• 5 eggs, separated
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 spoon approximately 1/3 of whipping cream into bottom of glass serving bowl.
• 2 next, a layer of 1 cup fruit cocktail, a layer of banana, a layer of 1 cup puried strawberries, and finally half of the sponge cubes.
• 3 pour 1 cup of sherry over cake cubes.
• 4 put 1/3 whipping cream on top, and repeat with alternate layers of fruit cocktail, banana, strawberry, and cubes with sherry.
• 5 top with remaining whipped cream, and whole berries for garnish.
• 6 sponge cake: beat egg yolks and lemon juice until pale, add 3/4 cup sugar and beat well.
• 7 in a separate bowl, beat egg whites, add salt, and 1/4 cup sugar beating until stiff.
• 8 stir 1/4 of the whites into yolk mixture. spoon the rest carefully into yolk.
• 9 sift flour on top, fold in melted butter until blended.
• 10 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 11 pour batter into tube pan, bake 45 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean). invert and cool.