This is now quite common

[Mary Chambers]

I'd very much hope there'd be some in the Trifle !

Otherwise it be fraud

No, no, no! There should never be jelly in a trifle. Cake, jam, custard, cream, but not jelly!

Oh, and sherry of course, but not for children.

[ardcarp]

Oh, and sherry of course, but not for children.

Quoi????

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I feel much the same way about choral societies who, when short of voices for an event, put out an appeal for extra voices, and then surreptitiously drop in the fact that there's a not insignificant fee that you have to pay for the privilege of helping them out.

[Mary Chambers]

Quoi????

There should be sherry. In the trifle (unless it's for children). But not jelly. Jelly does not belong in trifles.

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

There should be sherry. In the trifle (unless it's for children). But not jelly. Jelly does not belong in trifles.

I beg to differ - jelly: yes' please, but "jam"?! In a trifle??? Political correctness gone mad!

[teamsaint]

There should be sherry. In the trifle (unless it's for children). But not jelly. Jelly does not belong in trifles.

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Just reminded me of a very good recipe for a ginger wine base trifle we used to do years ago.

Yum.

Re the OP, dont worry about it, the world is bloody bonkers, and the A303 is a very practical demonstration of this.

[amateur51]

I beg to differ - jelly: yes' please, but "jam"?! In a trifle??? Political correctness gone mad!

Jam AND jelly

Where do members stand on toasted almonds sprinkled on the top?

And tinned fruit? Such as that 1950s delight Florida Cocktail

I know some who make a case for chocolate in a trifle too - woo-hoo

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Cake, jam, custard, cream, but not jelly!

That isn't a trifle - it's a spongecake with toppings made by someone who can't slice it in half to make a sandwich!

[french frank]

Jelly, sponge, custard and tinned fruit. No jam. But sherry for grown-up trifle. No JAM

Wasn't the tinned fruit IN the jelly?

[Mary Chambers]

Tinned fruit? Never!

Crystallised violets or rose petals on the top, but only if you can buy them. Making them yourself is a step too far.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

They'd have to pay me to go to a party that had trifle made with jam!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I know some who make a case for chocolate in a trifle too - woo-hoo

Oh, yes - especially if the spongecake is chocolate, too - in blackcurrent jelly: a sort of Black Forest trifle.

[Mary Chambers]

They'd have to pay me to go to a party that had trifle made with jam!

High quality raspberry or cherry jam, plus some real (not tinned) fruit if you like.

NO hundreds and thousands!

[Serial_Apologist]

Tinned fruit salad, sponge fingers, jelly (whatever flavour you prefer), sherry, custard on top, whipped cream atop the custard, chopped almonds optional, was how Mum taught me. A little rum added to give it extra zing can be fun as well.

[gurnemanz]

Tinned fruit salad, sponge fingers, jelly (whatever flavour you prefer), sherry, custard on top, whipped cream atop the custard, chopped almonds optional, was how Mum taught me. A little rum added to give it extra zing can be fun as well.

I am reminded of one of the more important achievements in my life - introducing sherry trifle to East Germany - it was quite a hit in Leipzig in the early 70s. Jelly certainly belongs in there. I couldn't get sherry and used Russian Portwein from the Crimea which worked pretty well as far as I can remember.