English Trifle Recipe with Ladyfingers, Raspberries, and Mandarin Oranges

Ingredients

• 2 packages of ladyfingers or a pound cake
• raspberry jam
• 1 package of frozen raspberries , thawed and sweetened
• 2 cans of mandarin oranges , drained
• 1 package of Bird's custard powder prepared according to directions with whole milk
• 1 pt (473 ml) of heavy whipping cream
• good quality sweet sherry , according to taste (start with at least 0.5 a cup, do not use cooking sherry )
• sliced and toasted almonds