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Blackberry Bakewell Cake
Blackberry Bakewell Cake
By Morrisons
Published on 22 June 2021
Legend has it the Bakewell cake was invented accidentally, when the almonds, sugar and eggs ended up as a layer of custard over the jam instead of being used to enrich the pastry, as intended. What a delicious accident...Time and servings
1 hr 20 minsTotal time
8Servings
20 minsPrep time
1 hrCooking time
Ingredients
- 150 g of caster sugar
- 1 tsp of almond extract
- 80 g of self-raising flour
- 150 g of unsalted butter
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 100 g of ground almonds
- 30 g of flaked almonds
- 200 g of blackberries
- 2 tbsp of demerara sugar
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan/Gas 4. Grease and line a 20cm round loose-based cake tin with baking parchment.Step 2
In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add the eggs, almond extract, ground almonds and flour and mix well.Step 3
Spread the mixture evenly in the prepared tin. Scatter blackberries over the top then sprinkle over the flaked almonds and sugar.Step 4
Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.