Bakewell Tart is a popular dessert in England. It’s made with raspberries and flaked almonds, in shortcrust pastry. Make your own palm-oil-free pastry and keep fresh dough away from pets. Try this recipe from Lazy Cat Kitchen.
It’s reported that the tart was invented in a pub in the town of Derbyshire, although others say the dates don’t match. However, what is believed is that a chef mixed up instructions and instead of putting the almond paste into the batter, put the almonds on top, and a new dessert was born. Today most add flaked almonds on top and sometimes add powdered sugar (a good brand is Suma, find it in health stores).
More Vegan Bakewell Tart Recipes
Easy 5-Ingredient Bakewell Squares (The Happy Pear) assumes you have vegetable oil in the cupboard, so it’s really a 6-ingredient recipe!
Vegan Cherry Bakewell Blondies (So Vegan) replicate a traditional dish from a Derbyshire town made with raspberries and almonds. Blondies are like brownies, but with less chocolate. These are made with palm-oil-free vegan butter and plant milk, with sugar, almonds and almond butter. Top with raspberry or cherry jam, almond flakes, fresh fruits and vegan powdered sugar. Serve alone or with vegan cream or ice-cream.
Raspberry Bakewell Smoothie (Wallflower Kitchen) is a very simple mix of raspberries and plant milk, with almond extract and ground almonds. Sweetened with maple syrup or medjool dates, top with flaked almonds.
These Vegan Bakewell Flapjacks are from Katy Beskow’s amazing simple cookbook Easy Vegan Bible.
Vegan Cherry Bakewell Ice Cream (Wallflower Kitchen) is an ideal simple alternative to making your own pastry.
Plant-Based Cherry Bakewell Tart (Avant Garde Vegan) uses a homemade sweet frangipane, which is chilled and then added to the pastry, alongside cherry jam and flaked almonds. Dust with optional icing sugar (Suma is an eggless brand).
Cherry Bakewell Tarts (The Veg Space) are made with fresh cherries and a homemade sweet frangipane sponge, and a shortcrust pastry base.
Cranberry Vegan Frangipane Tart (Lazy cat Kitchen) uses the popular North American berry for a tangy twist. You could use lingonberries if you live in Scandinavia. Also try the blogger’s Vegan Cherry Bakewell Tartlets.
