Classic Bakewell tart for Christmas

Ingredients for the Bakewell tart with cranberries.

BAKEWELL pudding is a classic English dessert which made famous the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. Three shops in the town have claimed to have the original recipe for Bakewell pudding and its variants, one of which is a Cherry Bakewell, also known as the Bakewell tart.

For our Christmas Bakewell tart, we use cranberries because it is so festive, especially when decorated with pumpkin seeds and almond flakes. I love the way the cranberries burst as they are baked, releasing veins of red that streak across the frangipane filling.