Bakewell Slice
Ingredients
Serves 12
- 200g (7oz) wholemeal pastry
- 90ml raspberry jam
- 4 free range eggs – medium
- 100g (4oz) unrefined brown sugar
- 100g (4oz) ground almonds
- 100g (4oz) butter
- 25g (1oz) flaked almonds
How To Make
- Line an 11in x 7in cake tin with the wholemeal pastry.
- Spread the base with jam.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar over a saucepan of simmering water until pale and thick, and the whisk leaves a trail in the mixture.
- Fold the ground almonds into the whisked mixture and finally fold in the melted butter. Pour into the pastry case and sprinkle with flaked almonds.
- Bake in the oven at 200°C / 405°F / gas mark 6 for 25-30 minutes, or until risen, golden and set.
- Cool in the tine before cutting into slices.