Cheat’s Cherry Bakewell

For a shortcut to a classic favorite, these Cheats Cherry Bakewells offer the perfect combination of buttery pastry, almond filling, and a sweet cherry topping in no time at all.

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes

6

You will need

6 ready-made individual sweet shortcrust pastry cases
6 tsp Cartwright & Butler Black Cherry Preserve
90g softened butter
90g golden caster sugar
110g ground almonds
1 egg
2 tbsp flaked almonds

Method

1

To make the frangipane beat the butter, sugar and ground almond together, add the egg and beat until pale and creamy. Transfer the mixture to the fridge and chill.

2

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 150C.

3

Place the pastry case on a lined baking sheet, add a heaped tsp of the black cherry preserve to each case, take the frangipane mix from the fridge and add a heaped tbsp of mix to each case, be careful not to overfill.