Quick & Easy Bakewell Tart Recipe at MyDish

Quick & Easy Bakewell Tart

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Method

  • 1) Pre-heat your oven to 200c/400f/Gas 5.
  • Open out and roll if needed the ready made pastry, and line a 7"/18cm loose based flan tin, making sure you overlap the pastry over the edges to reduce shrinkage.
  • 2) Spread the jam over the base of the pastry giving even coverage. (Use more if needed or desired).
  • 3) Whisk the eggs and yolks together with the sugar until thick and pale.
  • 4) Gently stir in the butter, ground almond and the almond essence and pour into the pastry dish.
  • 5) Put the flan dish in the centre of the oven on a pre-heated baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the pastry is fully cooked.
  • 6) Once removed allow to cool slightly on a wire wrack then dust with icing sugar, turn out onto a plate and serve warm.
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    Tips

    • Because the pastry is not blind baked before hand, make sure you have heated the baking tray first and bake the cake on this to ensure the base is fully cookd with the rest of the dish. This is a wonderful cake eaten alone, yet it is so much better with vanilla ice cream or home made custard.

    Comments Add your comment

    • It was 7" loose bottomed flan tin. Tried it again the other nt an work well, my ovan isn't fan assisted so dnt know whether thats something to do with it. try lowering the position in the ovan, use an 8" tin, an also dnt use too much jam... cnt really think of anything else to try, sry

      by MommaVic on Mon Aug 24 2009   reply to this comment

    • sorry i ment it wasnt cooked properly. I had used a metal tin perhaps it was too small and the mixture was too deep what size dish do you use?

      by jacky&martin on Sat Aug 22 2009   reply to this comment

    • I tried cooking this last night but after 20 mins the top was burnt!! So have just put in my second attempt at 150 instead of 200 - fingers crossed it will work this time, coz after picking off some of the burnt bits I still managed a nibble last night and could tell it would have been delicious if I hadn't burnt it!

      by may bags on Fri Aug 21 2009   reply to this comment

    • Do you mean it wasn't? If so, try lowering the temp and baking for longer, you might find a crust will form on top, but it should sort out the pastry, otherwise try using a different dish to bake it in, i've tried it with both glass and metal flan dishes, and I do admit the glass one gave a slightly undercooked base in the middle. Hope this helps

      by MommaVic on Fri Aug 21 2009   reply to this comment

    • The recipe sounded lovely but even though my oven is fan assisted and I left it in the oven an extra 10 mintues it was cooked properly in the middle

      by jacky&martin on Thu Aug 20 2009   reply to this comment

    Ingredients

    • 1 pkt Ready made Shortcrust Pastry
    • 4 tbsp Raspberry Jam
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 115g/4oz caster sugar
    • 115g/4oz Unsalted Butter. Melted
    • 50g/2oz Ground Almond
    •  A few drops of Almond Essence
    •  Icing Sugar to dust

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    Perfect for unexpected guests, as it's so easy to prepare and fills the house with an amazing aroma.

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