Monthly Archives: June 2007

Some vegetable growth

And the winner of the bake-off is…

We gave a piece of each cake to 8 unbiased volunteers for taste testing. The results were split down the middle – it’s a draw! At least neither of us can complain…

James baking his cake

James’ Bakewell Tart

Servings: 8
Ingredients:
For the pastry

170g plain white flour
pinch of salt
75g unsalted butter

For the filling and topping

170g strawberry or raspberry jam
110g unsalted butter
110g vanilla sugar
110g ground almonds
4 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 tsp bitter almond extract
handful flaked almonds

Tess baking her cake