If you’re searching for an antidote to cold grey days, scroll straight to Claire Thomson’s lemon trifle: the fragrant mixture of lemon curd and elderflower cordial is like sunshine in a bowl.

Give the fruity jelly a stir - it should be softly set. Layer the cake, jelly, fruit and juice in the bottom of a trifle dish (roughly 20cm/8in diameter). For the custard layer, put the mascarpone ...

In a large bowl, whip heavy cream to stiff peaks. Fold chilled pastry cream into whipped cream. Assemble the trifle: Spread one quarter of the cream mixture evenly across the bottom of a trifle dish.

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.

Cut into slices and use to line the bottom and the lower sides of a large glass trifle dish. Drizzle generously with the sherry. Slice the fruit if necessary, then spread it out over the sponge ...

For this recipe you will need 2 Swiss roll tins, measuring approximately 24cmx34cm/9½inx13½in and a trifle dish with capacity of approximately 3.5 litres/6 pints. However, you could always halve ...

Whip the cream in a large bowl until soft peaks form. In a separate bowl, beat the mascarpone and fold it into the cream. Add the orange zest and juice and vanilla extract or paste and sift in the ...

For those special times, such as to go with the Christmas Pudding ot trifle replace half of the ... sugar and cornflour into a fairly large bowl and whisk together. Gradually pour the hot milk ...

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 ...

Phil’s taking us down memory lane with a classic dessert of white chocolate trifle with a Christmas twist ... place half in the bottom of a large bowl, then sprinkle with the sherry.