Pipe blobs of cream around the edge of the trifle bowl. Halve the reserved apricots, then slice thinly. Cut each cranberry into three small pieces. Put a piece of apricot and a piece of cranberry ...
Remove from the heat and whisk for another minute. Set aside to cool Layer half of the sponge into a trifle bowl. Spoon the raspberry compote over the sponge allowing any juices to coat the sponge.
Whip the cream in a bowl using an electric whisk ... use chocolate brownies or any other chocolate cake instead. Plain trifle sponges will also work but the trifle won’t be quite as decadent.
If you use trifle sponges, sandwich them in pairs ... and use these to line the bottom of a 3 pint (1.7 litre) glass bowl, sprinkling generously with sherry as you go along.
Sandwich the sponges back together, then cut into small cubes and place half in the bottom of a large bowl, and sprinkle ... Pile into the set trifle. Sprinkle over plenty of the grated white ...