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The most wanted Bakewell tart

After a huge demand and astonishing 69 likes on Instagram.. Finally it's here our heavenly Bakewell tart! 

Ingredients:

For the shortcrust pastry

- 175g plain flour 

- 75g butter 

- 2-3 tbsp cold water

- 1tsp orange zest 

For the filling

- 1 tbsp raspberry jam 

- 125g butter 

- 130g caster sugar 

- 125g ground almonds 

- 1 egg

- ½ tsp almond extract 

For the topping 

- 80g icing sugar 

- 2½ tsp cold water

- 10 raspberries 

Directions :

1. To make the pastry, put the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water, and orange zest and mix to form a soft dough. 

2. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface and use to line a 20cm tart tin.  Leave in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes. 

3. Preheat the oven to 200c. 

4. Line the pastry case with baking paper and fill with baking beans or rice. Bake blind for about 15 minutes, then remove the beans and baking paper and cook for a further five minutes to make the base slightly dry. 

5. For the filing, spread the base of the tart generously with raspberry jam. 

6. Melt the butter in a pan, and then stir in the sugar off the heat. Add ground almonds, egg and almond extract. Pour into the tin. 

7. Bake for about 35 minutes.

8. Meanwhile, sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Stir in cold water. 

9. Once you have removed the tart from the oven, drizze the icing over the top, giving an messy effect and arrange the raspberries around the outside. 

Our Taste Testing Afternoon Tea

A few weeks back I held a taste testing for our new range of dog biscuits.. yes you read that right pooch treats! I invited all my doggies besties round and in true fashion it gave me another excuse to bake for all my family and friends, a great joint afternoon tea. 

Considering cinnamon buns have always been my must have sweet treat ( I always hunt them down in amy bakery i find ) I though i would jazz up my cinnamon buns and plait them, which shows off all their curves and sugary cinnamon goodness. 

I know cinnamon buns can be time consuming, and maybe a little bit boring to make, but the result is surely worth it!

Simple steps
Very fun to make 
A little messy... but lets be honest a little mess is pretty 
Fool proof!!

Oh.. and did i mention we pair it with our amazing cold, refreshing fruit infused water? Yes! a match made in heaven. 

Ingredients 

For the Dough

• 1000 g plain flour
• 4 tsp dry yeast
• 150 g soft brown sugar
• 400 ml milk
• 4 large eggs
• 150 g softened butter

For the Filling

• 280 g dark brown sugar
• 5 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 100 g butter

Directions

1. Mix the flour, sugar and yeast in a bowl.

2. Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds and mix into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. 

3. Make a well in the flour. 

4.Crack in one of the eggs and pour in the milk. 

5.Mix the flour into the wet ingredients to form a soft dough before tipping everything onto a work surface. 6.Knead the dough for 10 minutes, until it becomes smooth. Return the dough to the bowl and cover with Clingfilm. 

7.Leave in a warm place for 2 hours or until it has doubled in size.

8. In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, cinnamon and ginger for the filling. 

9. Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds. 

10. Roll the dough out into a wide rectangle as thin as possible, using a lightly floured surface. 

11. Spread the butter over the dough, leaving a thin border all the way round. 

12. Scatter the cinnamon sugar mixture over the butter. Roll the dough into a long cylinder, as tightly as possible.

13. Cut it down the middle leaving 2cm at the top to keep together the dough. 

14. Now begin plaiting the dough, and turn the ends into each-other to form a circle and place onto a baking tray. 

15. Preheat the oven to 190ºC.
16. Cook for 25-30 minutes.
17. Brush over with fig jam.

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Now Selling Our Unique Cupcakes

Yes! That's right, we are now selling a few of our favourite cupcakes in our local area of Buckinghamshire!

The choices are

- The Christmas Treat
- Red Velvet
-Sunbathe in Malibu
-Chocoholic Heaven
-Cookies and cream
- Vanilla Galaxy
- Lemon Drizzle
- Blackberry
-Childhoods Dream

For the first 4 customers that contact us they will get a batch of 6 cupcakes for free!! For the others the price list is below.

Price List

Individual - £2.50

Batch of 4- £7.50 

Batch of 6 - £10

Batch of 12 - £15 

Batch of 24 - £25 

Contact Email - Desiresofthefoodaholics@gmail.com