Wow! Isn’t the sun incredible today? Or at least I hope it is where you are too. Its not often that the camera shouts that the subject is too bright!
This is no ordinary dry Bakewell Tart – It contains a whole jar of black cherries that I brought back from France last year. They have been taunting me in the cupboard ever since. I actually think the frangipane could do with slightly longer in the oven – Use your judgement – It is a really hot, sticky day here and the icing is oozingly melting.
CHERRY BAKEWELL TART
| Serves | 8+ |
| Prep time | 1 hour, 30 minutes |
| Cook time | 45 minutes |
| Total time | 2 hours, 15 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Barbecue, Birthday Party, Casual Party |
INGREDIENTS
- 250 + 35g Plain Flour
- 75 + 100g Ground Almonds
- 150 + 110g Super cold butter
- 60g Icing Sugar
- 2 Eggs + 2 Egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons Iced Cold Water
- 1 jar Cherries (I used black cherries)
- 110g Caster sugar
- 1 Lemon Zest
- 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
NOTE
If your cherries are very runny, remove some of the juice and crush with a fork before adding on top of the pastry
DIRECTIONS
| Almond Pastry | |
| 1. | |
| Mix together the first lot of plain flour & Icing Sugar with a knife in a medium bowl | |
| 2. | |
| Cut the 150g butter into tiny chunks and rub into the flour/icing sugar until just combined. The key to good pastry is to handle it as little as possible. Add in the 75g of ground almonds | |
| 3. | |
| Mix the egg yolks and the 2 tbsp water in a small cup and gradually add to the rest of the pastry mixture | |
| 4. | |
| You will think it is too dry but all of a sudden it will come together as a pastry. Stop kneading and roll in double cling film. | |
| 5. | |
| Keep in the fridge for 30 mins to an hour | |
| 6. | |
| Grease a 9″ tart tin and preheat the oven to 170C. Take the pastry out of the fridge – it will be really quite stiff | |
| 7. | |
| Roll out to about 1/2 cm thickness and spread evenly in the tin. Leave hanging over the sides by about 1 cm – you can always trim this later. | |
| 8. | |
| Cover with tinned foil and press down evenly on the pastry, cover with baking beans or lentils and bake for 12-15 mins until golden | |
| Frangipane | |
| 9. | |
| Allow to cool and start to prepare the frangipane – Place the remaining butter in a small pan and melt. Allow to cool for 3-4 minutes | |
| 10. | |
| Mix together the remaining sugar, lemon zest and add the 2 whole eggs, whisking until light and fluffy | |
| 11. | |
| When the butter has cooled – add to the rest of the frangipane mix. | |
| 12. | |
| Stir in the remaining flour and ground almonds and almond extract | |
| 13. | |
| Spread the cherries evenly on top of the cooled pastry and pour the frangipane mixture on top | |
| 14. | |
| Bake at 180C for 30-40 minutes – If it starts to catch on the edges but is still very wobbly, loosely cover with tinned foil for the remaining cooking time | |
| Decoration | |
| 15. | |
| Remove from the oven and allow to cool fully – Cover in a layer of icing and sprinkle lightly toasted almonds on top | |
Hi Helen, cherry bakewell is one of my favourites. Yours looks delicious and perfect for summer. I’m so pleased to be linking up as I’ve done so for ages. 🙂
HI Julie, I love that you are so loyal! Bakewell is one of my all time favourites too! Thanks for linking up x
Oh my word…that looks flippin delicious!!! I want to eat it off the screen…I love bakewell tart!
Oooh that looks delicious Helen! All linked up xx
Oh how I wish I had a large slice of this right now! Looks incredible. Have linked up this week.
Mmmmm…. LOVE Bakewell Tart…. And that icing looks deliciously gooey!!
Great round up too…. Lots and lots of inspiration to bookmark!! Thanks for hosting x
Gosh that looks and sounds delicious! I could easily make it gluten free for our family. #serenata
I love bakewell! I always buy from shop than making my own. Now you made me want to try to bake!
mmmmm i do love the flavours of a bakewell tart and it looks scrummy x
#Tefalgiveaway – I have always loved Bakewell Tart and this one looks lovely. I will be giving it a try.
Thanks for including my Lemon Blueberry Greek Yoghurt Muffins in your round up 🙂 🙂 I had a wonderful holiday as well 🙂
Looks delicious! #Tefalgiveaway
#Tefalgiveaway These look divine! I bet they taste absolutely scrumptious too.
Love this Bakewel Tart! #Tefalgiveaway
The Cherry Bakewell looks delicious – love that it uses jarred cherries as it is the sort of thing that I would find in the cupboard and not use – Off to have a look at some of the other recipes linked here
Who Cherry Bakewell haven’t had that for years makes me want one so bad!! #Tefalgiveaway
Mmmmm! Cherry Bakewell is amazing, never actually made one though so definitely need to give it a try! Or ask my daughter if she will; a lot better baker than me 😉 #TefalGiveaway