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    • Dinah Shore’s Trifle

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    Dairy Desserts 1 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    2 c Apricot preserves
    1/4 c Cherry-flavored Liqueur
    1 Box (small) Vanilla pudding, prepare
    1 Layer Fudge Cake, halve
    1 cn Cherries; pit, (15 ounces) drain
    1 c Whipped cream
    1/2 c Almonds, toast

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Mix jam with liqueur. Spread jam on cake sides. Put together and cut in 2"
squares. Put 1/2 of custard on bottom of bowl. Top with 1/2 of cake. Press.
Top with cherries, more custard, more cake, mash, more cherries. Top with
whipped cream and sprinkle almonds on top.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #496 by Sherry Zeiss <zeiss@tab.com> on Mar
2, 1997.

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