Mulled wine trifle Archive

Ingredients

• 175g/6oz butter, at room temperature
• 175g/6oz caster sugar
• 3 free-range eggs
• 250g/9oz self-raising flour
• 2-3 tbsp milk
• 2 lime zest, only
• 2 pinches finely ground nutmeg
• 240ml/8¾fl oz red wine
• 2 x 5cm/2in cinnamon
• thumb-nail sized piece ginger, bashed
• 8 green cardamom pod, bashed
• 1 clove
• 2 tbsp caster sugar
• 1 orange, juice and zest
• 1 packet strawberry jelly
• 2 x 400g/14oz tins fruit cocktail in light syrup, drained
• 250ml/9fl oz whipping cream
• 25g/1oz flaked almonds, toasted
• small handful glacé cherries
• 3 large free-range eggs, yolks only
• 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
• 50g/1¾oz cornflour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 600ml/1 pint whole milk
• 300ml/10½fl oz single cream