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I was lucky enough to be given a whole box full of perfectly ripe mangoes this week, so I rolled up my sleeves and made my good friend Lady Celebrian's Mango Float. It is the simplest of dishes, alternating layers of sponge fingers dipped in condensed milk and single cream with layers of chopped mango. It is in effect a Mango Trifle. Time spent in the fridge overnight enhances the soaking-in of the sauce which you pour over it all at the end. I was worried it might be just too sweet, although I like condensed millk, and that it needed something extra like ginger, or coconut, but I made it as instructed and it is a most sublime concoction. The exotic and erotic tartness of the mango (no, I didn't know a mango could be like that till now either) was perfectly complimented by the sweetness of the sauce and biscuits. It was hard not to eat the whole dishful at one sitting. Thanks to Lady Celebrian for this absolutely spiffing recommendation.