Day 6 Bakewell Tarts

This is not actually the first time that I've made these Bakewell tarts, I think this might be the fourth time I've them in fact - they are just so tasty! And this recipe is so easy as well. I found it on a blog called The Caked Crusader which has a really easy recipe for you to follow and they are delicious.

Check out The Cake Crusader's blog for the full recipe, but very simply you just make the pastry, then while that is chilling, you beat 100g of butter with a 100g of caster sugar, then you beat in two eggs and 50g of ground almonds (the recipe says to beat in one egg, then half the almonds, then the other egg and the rest of the almonds, but I have made it by just chucking them all in at the same time and it worked out fine) then you whisk in 50g of flour.

To assemble the tarts, you need to roll and cut out the pastry, place the individual pastry pieces into a greased muffin or tart tin, then put a small amount of jam in the bottom of each pastry case and top of with a generous dollop of the almond filling. Then you just stick them in the oven at 180º for 20 mins, let them cool, and ice them. Dead easy and really yummy!