If the cake is particularly dry, you can moisten it with some type of liquid — rum, brandy, or sherry for a "tipsy trifle," ...

if you're making a larger trifle to feed a crowd -- the next step is to choose your liquid. Leith recommends a small amount ...

Here is a recipe for a dish that I promise tastes just as good as it looks — just like great wine drunk from a tumbler, perhaps make this dessert in an old coffee mug, and use that other trick ...