Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2007

I liked the simplicity of this recipe, but somehow the simple idea turned into a disaster. The jam spread out to the edges of the muffin tins and beneath the pie crust, and glued the whole thing to the bottom of the (nonstick!) pan. They were impossible to get out of the pan without destroying them. The pieces of cake and jam that came out tasted good (it was just cake mix & jam, after all), but the pie crust layer was permanently left in the bottom of the tins. I've never had a problem with pie crust sticking like this before. I'm not sure if they should have been left in the tins to cool - maybe removing them immediately would help? Using muffin liners might also help, but it seems like they'd still be a mess to remove from the liners and try to eat.

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Laughing

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2007

Believe me, this is not an authentic Bakewell Tart recipe - not even close.

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limey108

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ilford, Greater London, England, U.K.

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Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2006

coming from Bakewell I had to try this recipe.I found it interesting there was no ground almonds in it. I shall stick to the recipe my mum uses

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lisa.s

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Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2006

This just isn't a bakewell tart as it hasn't got the almond flavour.

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Anna

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2005

These are not real without any almonds.

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2005

Sorry, but you can't have a traditional English Bakewell tart without almonds.

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2004

The ladies in my Bunko group seemed to like these. I used raspberry preserves. After tasting one I decided to add a light powdered sugar, cream cheese glaze. If I make them again, I will brown the crust a little before adding the preserves and cake mix. No one realized that there was pie crust on the bottom since it was the same color as the yellow cake.

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Home Town: Abilene, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2004

This was a hit at my bake sale! I made it with white cake mix, instead of yellow and peach pie filling instead of jam, and put vanilla frosting with sliced almonds on the cake part, but it still turned out great!

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