Ah, the Bakewell tart. Essentially British in nature. Delicious in person. It first appeared in British cookbooks sometime in the early to mid 1800s – no one is quite sure of the actual date. Is it a pudding or is it a tart. It all depends on who you read and your perspective.

Whatever it is it is quite tasty.

I have made this tart before. I used to belong to a group called the Daring Bakers and they really took me out of the box with my baking. I had just started with TWD and was in a baking frenzy with several groups. Looking at the DB recipe HERE I see it is quite different. Dorie’s is so much easier.

I used Muscadine jelly I was gifted some time back. W don’t eat a lot of jam and jelly so I had a whole collection to choose from – Mayhaw, muscadine, apple, FROG (not what you are thinking…).

I figured the muscadine would have the most flavor and combine well with the almond.

I was not disappointed in Dorie’s Bakewell. It is light and full of almond flavor. A crust on the bottom. Jam in the middle and sponge on top. How can you possibly go wrong with that?

The recipe is on page 208 of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie: sweet, salty, and simple. It is her wonderful new baking book and I look forward to baking my way through it with the talented bakers of Tuesdays with Dorie. You can see how their tarts and the Grain and Seed muffins (the other January recipe) came out HERE.

You should join in the baking fun. Lots of great bakers. Tons of great recipes.