{"id":5113,"date":"2026-05-17T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:05:32","slug":"cherry-bakewell-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/cherry-bakewell-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Cherry Bakewell Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0Cherry Bakewell Tarts (Makes 6)<\/h1>\n<h2>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h2>\n<h3>Pastry Base (Shortcrust Pastry)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>150 g plain flour<\/li>\n<li>100 g cold butter, cubed<\/li>\n<li>40 g icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>1\u20132 tsp cold water (if needed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Jam Layer<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>150 g raspberry or strawberry jam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Frangipane Filling (Almond Cream)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>120 g ground almonds<\/li>\n<li>100 g caster sugar<\/li>\n<li>100 g softened butter<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp almond extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Icing &amp; Decoration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>120 g icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>15 ml water (about 1 tbsp)<\/li>\n<li>6 glac\u00e9 cherries, halved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>\u00a0Method<\/h1>\n<h2>\u00a0Make the pastry<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In a bowl, rub the flour and cold butter together using your fingertips until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Mix in the icing sugar and egg yolk.<\/li>\n<li>Add a little cold water if needed to bring it together into a dough.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap and chill in the fridge for 15\u201330 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Prepare the tart cases<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Lightly grease a muffin tin or tart tray.<\/li>\n<li>Roll out the pastry and cut into circles.<\/li>\n<li>Press into the tart cases and prick the base with a fork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Add the jam layer<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spoon a small amount of jam into each tart base and spread evenly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Make the frangipane filling<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the ground almonds and almond extract until smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spoon the mixture over the jam layer, filling each tart case about \u00be full.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Bake<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bake for <strong>20\u201325 minutes<\/strong> or until golden and set.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the oven and let them cool completely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Add icing &amp; decoration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mix icing sugar with water until smooth and thick.<\/li>\n<li>Spread over each cooled tart.<\/li>\n<li>Top each one with half a glac\u00e9 cherry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>\u00a0Result<\/h1>\n<p>You get buttery pastry, sweet jam, rich almond filling, and a soft sugary glaze on top \u2014 a classic British treat!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Cherry Bakewell Tarts (Makes 6) \u00a0Ingredients Pastry Base (Shortcrust Pastry) 150 g plain flour 100 g cold butter, cubed 40&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5115,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5113\/revisions\/5115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}