Christmas day dessert - your trifle recipe?

Neither of us is driving on Christmas Day, Marelli

We have the trifle at teatime anyway, and Christmas pudding with brandy sauce at lunch-time (or halfway through the afternoon).

I shall do that - thank you, rosequartz!

I suppose I put in enough sherry to soak the sponge until it is all absorbed.

Quite a lot of sherry, just slosh in the Harvey's Bristol cream (make a separate alcohol free one for the DGDs).
I don't like cream sherry, being a Tio Pepe girl myself, but it's fine in trifle!

I remember when someone got done for drink driving at Christmas in Australia - he claimed that his auntie's sherry trifle had put him over the limit, he hadn't realised how much he was consuming.

I will send you a plastic box full Teetime - if DH leaves any!

I have been given a bottle of cherries in kirsch so I could buy a chocolate swiss roll and make my own fake version of the Black Forest trifle.

I make the Lorraine Pascale trifle, but use fruit juice instead of booze.
www.mummypages.co.uk/recipes/my-big-fat-tipsy-trifle

How much sherry do you use for your trifle, rosequartz? I'm making a chocolate one .

I'm with Rose that's the way I like but I am alone in this so I don't. Although a small M & S one is pretty good. Rose could you send me a little portion in the post please?

Old-fashioned sherry trifle with jelly over a raspberry jam swiss roll or trifle sponges split with raspberry jam, raspberries and peaches, custard and cream. Split almonds on the top, which reminds me to put them on the shopping list. They won't let me make any variations!!

I have tried leaving out the jelly, using amaretto biscuits soaked in liqueur - no, no, no!!

A friend made a Black Forest trifle when we went for a meal - it was absolutely delicious but DH doesn't like any chocolate puddings or cakes. It would be too indulgent to make one just for me!

Snap! It's our favourite here too! Am making a giant version for Boxing Day lunch at SIL's. Wasn't going to be giant-sized but bought a new trifle bowl online and it's enormous!
Made one using peaches, amaretti biscuits and Amaretto liquor in the summer, yummy!