Bakewell Loveliness

As you know I love baking and I could literally do it all day, every day (as least for a while, until I ran out of recipes!), however I also don't want to become obese because of my hobby. Therefore it's important for me to consider what my family like and will eat whenever i'm looking at recipes. 'Usually' (like a couple of years ago) we would get individual cherry bakewell tarts, but none of us liked the cherry on top and the icing was just a bit too sticky and sweet.

 I find that one large tart is much better, and the bonus is that you can have a slice as small- or large(!) - as you like.

 With this recipe I also got the chance to try out my new ceramic baking beans, when I blind baked the pastry before adding the filling. I was really pleased with my pastry, no soggy bottoms here! The one thing that I would do differently next time is leave out the grated lemon rind in the sponge as it overpowered the almond a little too much.