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Ingredients
- stale cake, preferably yellow or pound
- ladyfingers or more cake
- fresh fruit, variety of tastes and texture, or canned
- custard, preferably hard-set, overcooked but not burnt and/or jello (not my preference)
- red currant jelly
- nuts (pecans, slivered almonds or your choice)
- sherry and/or sherries and/or brandy
- whipped cream
- lots of options, a good deal depends on how much you want to make
Method
- Select a bowl (glass is fun).
- Put some stale cake on bottom; halve ladyfingers or cake up the sides.
- (Ladyfingers relax nicely with lashing of sherry.)
- Lace all these with sherry.
- Layer with sliced fruits repeatedly, and alternate with custard layers, occasional cake-slice layers, fruits, fruits and fruits, lashes of sherry, dollops of currant jelly, sprinkles of nuts, etc.
- If it's a glass bowl, turn some vivid colors eyeward.
- Internally, please yourself by the arrangements only you will see, and only once.
- Top with whipped cream and fruit/nut reminders.
- Never forget the sherry.
