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How To Make A Bakewell Tart - Simple And Easy!

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I still remember the bakery down the road from our house, in the suburb of London. Everyday we would take a walk to the Bakery to get goodies for Teatime. My favorite sweet at the bakery was these little tarts with jam, topped with almond flavored cake, then drizzled with icing, called Bakewell Tart.
After moving back to the States, I started making them at home. There are few variation of this recipe, and the one that I have adapted is pretty simple and easy to make. Some people do not use flour in the filling, but I prefer the flour with the ground almonds as it gives it a slight cake texture. I have also seen Bakewell Tarts made with Marzipan instead of ground almonds. Anyway, the recipe below is the one that I love to make, and my friends and family loves to eat!
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Ingredients
- For The Pastry :
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1/3 Cup Sugar
- 1 Stick Butter, 8 tbsp
- 1 Large Egg
- Pinch Salt
- Filling :
- 2 Cups Ground Almonds
- 1 Cup Flpur
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 Cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Almond Essence
- 2/3 Cup Oil or Butter
- Extra :
- 2/3 Cup Strawberry Jam
- 2 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- Few Slices of Almond



Basically, we need a shortcrust pastry dough. You can use your own favorite recipe, or buy a ready made one, or use my recipe which is quite easy to make. For those who know me, would know that I always like to use recipes that are simple and easy.
Here are the steps for the shortcrust pastry, my style:
Preparing the Pastry for the tart:
Put all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
Cut in the butter and rub it into the flour with your fingers. It should resemble crumbs.
Add the egg and mix it in. (Pic. 3)
Take a tart pan with a removable bottom. Grease it.
Put the dough into the tart pan and press it all around and to the bottom with your fingers. (see pic.4).
Place the tart pan in the middle of the preheated oven set at 315 F for 15 min.
After it's done take it out of the oven and spread the jam gently on it. I prefer to put the jam when the pastry is still hot, as it melts the jam a little. Set it aside. (Pic. 5)
Preparing the Filling:
If you are using butter then melt it first. Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat it with a spatula. You can use a hand mixer if you want, but I prefer to use the spatula, and you don't need to mix it that much. When everything is wet at there aren't any dry spots, spoon it out over the tart taking care not to mix the jam into it. Gently spread it out to cover completely (see the pic. 6).
Sprinkle the almond slices on top and put it in the open, middle rack, at 350 F for 35 min.
After 35 min. Insert a knife in the middle of the tart. The knife should come out almost clean. The tart is supposed to be slightly soft in the middle.....
Take it out, and let it cool. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the tart if you desire. I find the tart pretty sweet so I skip the powdered sugar. You may serve it warm or cold, both ways it's absolutely delicious!

Some Background:
As history goes, Bakewell Tart was first introduce in the town of Bakewell, in England. The video below shows the history of this desert along with the controversies that still exist about this wonderful Tart! Enjoy......
Town Of Bakewell
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This looks just scrumptious ! Grounded almonds are so good in dessert!
Voted up and beautiful (because of your picture).... I would also vote as delicious.... but hubpages doesn't have that category!
La Thing very nicely written recipe and step by step pictures does make it look so easy.
Nice recipe! Yes, I love these too, they were my favourites in South Africa, growing up.
Voted up/useful. Looks very delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous photos, video, history and recipe! I sure hope the town of Bakewell appreciates your shout-out to them :)
This looks yummy. I found myself bookmarking it before I even finished reading it. The holidays are a time when I bake lots of goodies and I always try to add a few new ones each year. Bingo...this is one I will try for sure. Thank you for sharing... Sending Angels your way :) ps
At work we have a weekly thing where someone from our teams makes breakfast on a wednesday (we take turns). Well this recently ended, and switched to comfort foods. I am the only British person ar work so this being a British classic dessert that I love so much I plan to use this recipe! My turn is coming up!!
I'm not exactly a master chef so hopefully I do your great hub some justice!
Okay, I'll confess that I am not much of a cook but I do enjoy attempts at baking! I believe I even have a tart pan, although again, I don't think I've ever actually used it and I wondered what the difference was between a tart pan and pie pan? It is just the fluting or is it a little shorter also? It looks delicious!
So nice! Glad you missed the icing like some people use! Makes it a little more savoury! Next Melton and Mowbray pork pie?
Hello LaThing...this is different, but your hub caught my interest as I've always wondered what these delicious little tarts are and how to make them and now I no...I love pastry almost as much as I love chocolate...well nearly... so thank you so much & can't wait to try...voted U U A & shared
My sister absolutely loves making Tarts for the holidays. I think she would like this recipe a lot! I'll send her the link on facebook :) I know I'll be eating this because of my outrageous sweet tooth...haha
Hi LaThing, your Recipe sounds Delicious, and I have such a Sweet Tooth... this could fill the bill! I will try it! Thanks for sharing.
I now look forward to Following your Hubs!
Sounds like a pretty easy and promising recipe for a new dessert.....I also enjoyed the video and found it interesting to see the friendly competition in the town....I will have to give the recipe a try to let you know how the kids like it....voted up and useful.
OH my this sounds so good!!! I'm going to have to make this, thank you ^_^ Voting this up, useful, awesome and beautiful... I'd pin it too but pinterest isn't letting me pin from hubpages today.. :/
looks extra yummy.. but how did I miss this hub? didn't show up on my feed..:( nevertheless voted up and rated a high five!!!!
I have never made bakewell tart and it's one of my favourites, looking forward to trying your recipe - fabulous thank you and voted up
The picture looks good enough to eat. I can smell the tart and it is luscious!
Wow...with all of those almonds in it...how could it not be delicious! Thanks for your recipe. Up votes!
Voted UAIB and shared. 5 stars also. Shared also. This is an awesome recipe! Great work on the pics, directions, ect. I haven't heard of them before, but boy do they look delicious. It also sounds great. Love all the ingredients so this is something I will be sure to try:) Awesome hub.
Now this is a recipe i could sink my teeth into ! Awesome recipe and easy to make .
Vote up and more !!! SHARING !
Thank you for he great recipe and background. My daughter bakes me tarts.
I love the photo at the top of this hub. Bakwell is not a taste I like but your recipe looks good. Thank you.
I love bakewell tarts but never attempted to make one. Your recipe looks so easy that it inspires me to make my own.
Thank you for sharing.
This looks really good and not too difficult to prepare. Thank's for sharing...
I love tarts and would certainly give this recipe a try. Thanks for sharing. The recipe is easy to follow and understand. Voted up!
Oh dear, this looks scrumptious! I loved the video as well. We have a similar fruit tart but I'll have to try these.
Voted up, useful, awesome, and interesting +++
This recipe looks so good. Lovely photos! Voted up and Awesome!
Great recipe inspired by a UK bakery. I would skip too much sweet, but this one is hard to let go. Thanks for sharing!
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