This week I had the pleasure of baking for my dear mother's birthday. Her favourite flavour is almond so instead of a cake I made a delicious batch of Raspberry Bakewell Slices. I used a recipe from Nigella's new cook book, Kitchen Recipes from the Heart of the Home.
A nice simple recipe involving a light pastry for the bottom layer, seeded or seedless raspberry jam with some fresh raspberries tumbled on top and a nice almondy batter for the top sprinkled with flaked almonds. The result was fabulous, much nicer than I had imagined. The secret to this recipe had to be the fresh raspberries, they just brought the whole slice together and they were melt in your mouth delicious! You get a decent 16 slices out of the recipe but that doesn't mean you have to share them all ;D
Needless to say the birthday girl was thrilled with her cake(s) and they went down a huge treat. I'll definitely be using this recipe again. Once again Nigella got it spot on and thanks to her magic I did too HURRAH!!!!
Hip Hip Hooray for Viv, we love you xx
A few more cakes to come later on this week so come back soon and check 'em out :D
Cheers everyone and happy baking xx
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