VERY LEMON MERINGUE TRIFLE....with berries

1 lemon jelly

1 cup boiling water

1/2 cup lemon juice 

1/2 cup cold water

1 double sponge from woolworths

150 mls limoncello

1 tub barkers lemon curd (400 grams)

1 punnet strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped

1 punnet blueberries

1 packet cottees instant vaniila pudding

finely grated rind 2 lemons

700 mls cold milk

2 packets meringue nests

600 mls thickened cream, whipped

lemon slices

in a medium bowl place the jelly. stir in the boiling water until crystals are dissolved. stir in the cold water and juice. put in the fridge to set.

when jelly is ready....

using 1 of the sponges, cut in half widthwise. cut into pieces and cover the bottom of a glass bowl.

sprinkle the cake with half of the limoncello then dot with half the tub of the lemon curd.

sprinkle with half the strawberries and blueberries. 

roughly chop the jelly then spread half over the berries.

place the pudding mix into a bowl with the lemon rind add the milk and using an electric mixer beat for 1 minute.

pour half the pudding mix over the jelly.

repeat the layers.you may need to use a bit of the second sponge, depending on the size of your bowl.

cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least until pudding is set. overnight is better.

when ready to serve, cut enough of the meringue nests in half to go around the sides of the bowl then roughly smash the rest. not too small.

cover the  top of the trifle  with whipped cream then cover with the meringue halves and pieces and some sliced lemon.