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My Mother’s Festive Sherry Trifle

A recipe for that British classic

Clare Cooper
Dec 23, 2025
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My mother, who developed dementia in later life, passed two years ago. One day, while visiting her in the home she had been transferred to, we were having fun reminiscing about past meals (she was an excellent cook back in the day) and I asked her if she could recall her famous sherry trifle recipe, which was always wheeled out at Christmas, birthdays a…

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