Cherry Bakewell tart

Cherry Bakewell tart

An exceedingly good tart – serve with a cup of builder’s tea

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 45 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Roll out the pastry to 20p coin thickness then use to line a long rectangular tart tin approx 35cm x 12cm, or a round tin approx 23cm. Line with baking paper then fill with baking beans. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Bake for 15 minutes then take out the paper and beans and cook for another 5 minutes until sandy coloured and cooked. Take out of the oven.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar together then gradually beat in the eggs. Mix in the ground almonds and almond extract. Sift the self-raising flour and baking powder and fold in.
  3. Spread a thin layer of jam over the base of the pastry. Spoon over the almond mix then level out. Bake on a lower shelf for 30-40 minutes until set.
  4. Mix the icing sugar with just enough water until it coats the back of a spoon (about 1 tbsp). Spread a layer of icing over the top of the tart, going right up to the pastry edge, then leave to set. Decorate with cherries.

PER SERVING

613 kcalories, protein 7.9g, carbohydrate 72.7g, fat 34.3 g, saturated fat 12.6g, fibre 2g, salt 0.75 g

Recipe from olive magazine, May 2011.

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  • 20 April 2011

    Jenn commented on this recipe

    What are baking beans?

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  • 20 April 2011

    Rosemary Mc commented on this recipe

    Baking beans are reusable ceramic beans you put on top of the baking paper to keep the pastry flat when cooking it. You can use rice instead.

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  • 23 April 2011

    sarah rated and commented on this recipe

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    sarah, luv it as recipe, it is soo tasty for afternoon tea

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  • 27 April 2011

    ellejk rated and commented on this recipe

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    Love this cake.... I now live in Australia and this is the closest I have tasted to 'exceeding good'.... I forgot to put the jam in on the first one I made but it was still excellent and really easy to make!

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  • 30 April 2011

    My_calcifer rated and commented on this recipe

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    Wow this is lovely! Although very naughty! So rather than make into one large cake I made 36 small tarts instead! Only expected the receipe to make 24 but stretched it to 36 very easily! I know it says serves 8, but that seems like a huge portion to me! Oh and I didn't blind bake the pastry as they just burned. Simply lay the pastry, jam and sponge mix and bake by eye. About 20 minutes but I can't be sure.

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    15 May 2011

    Ali rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely definetly going in my recipe collection. A* Used my own base recipe and added cherry liquer in it. I didn't have any almond extract so used disaranno and added extra baking powder for sponge. I also put vanilla extract in icing. :)

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  • 26 June 2011

    Jacky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious.

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  • 08 September 2011

    Lawnor rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this twice, once as a big cake and once as 24 small cakes. The big cake was ok, but the little ones were much much tastier and I could not leave them alone. I usually give away most of what I bake but I must have eaten 8 of the small ones myself. They are harder work, but they taste better and go farther. They take perhaps 10 minutes less in the oven though. I made my own pastry using this recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8079/basic-sweet-pastry

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  • 19 October 2011

    Julie Tulip rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum yum yum.!!!!! I made two versions.... the first was a large one but I switched the icing and cherries for a sprinkling of sliced almonds as it went into the oven, and a dusting of icing sugar as it came out. Delicious! I also made some individual tarts to use up the leftover pastry. I didnt bake these blind and they turned out fine. Icing and cherries finished these perfectly. Very moreish!!! Will use this recipe again and again!

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  • 08 April 2012

    Lauren rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for my boyfriend while he's away serving with the army. It had to travel for 7 days to reach him and I must say it travelled and kept very well! It serves far more than 8, he had to share it around by all accounts! And the verdict? They want another one! I infact made 2 and sent the 'best' one to him, so my work pal's got the dud and they all liked it too. My only comment is you have to make sure the pastry comes up the sides of the tin a little so no jam can escape while cooking/turning out. This happened with my dud one, and while this did not affect the taste, it certainly made it sticky! Thumbs up all round!

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  • 27 April 2012

    Loz1984 rated and commented on this recipe

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    This reckipe is great and easy to do too. Every one who tried it loved it.

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  • 20 May 2012

    Katiekoo rated and commented on this recipe

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    Does the tart have to be cool before icing? I imagine so? Looking good so far!

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  • 16 June 2012

    pandorasbox commented on this recipe

    Scrummy!!!

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  • 17 September 2012

    Jackie commented on this recipe

    Made this for Sunday tea. Was amazing will be making this again for sure. Only change I made was using cherry jam instead of raspberry.

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  • 05 October 2012

    Victoria rated and commented on this recipe

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    Excellent went down very well in my house, didn't last long. Made in a round 23cm flan dish. Got the rectangle one on my Christmas list

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    15 October 2012

    Jen rated and commented on this recipe

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    Wow! This is without a doubt the best Bakewell tart I have ever had. Perfect recipe.

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  • 17 March 2013

    Esmeralda rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy! Tastes Delicious. Made one to take to work and another to give to family, Massive thumbs up from everyone.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 45 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Ingredients

  • 375g sweet pastry
  • 100g butter , softened
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 2 eggs , plus one yolk, beaten
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 1 tsp almonds extract
  • 50g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 5 tbsp seedless raspberry jam , warmed in a pan
  • 175g icing sugar
  • glacé cherries , halved, to decorate
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PER SERVING

613 kcalories, protein 7.9g, carbohydrate 72.7g, fat 34.3 g, saturated fat 12.6g, fibre 2g, salt 0.75 g

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