Mince Pie Bakewell Squares

Easy pastry base, fruity mincemeat layer, almond sponge, icing drizzle

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Keyword Dessert

Prep Time 50 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings

Calories 642kcal

Author thebakingexplorer

Ingredients

For the pastry

150 g Butter cold
300 g Plain flour
35 g Caster sugar
3 tbsp Cold water or milk

For the sponge

250 g Butter or baking spread softened
250 g Golden caster sugar or regular caster sugar
4 Eggs large
1 tsp Almond extract
125 g Self raising flour
125 g Ground almonds
½ tsp Baking powder
400 g jar of Mincemeat
50 g Flaked almonds

For the icing

2 heaped tbsp Icing sugar
Water to make a thick paste

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Grease and line a 12" x 9" traybake tin
Start by making the pastry. Rub the butter into the plain flour and caster sugar. Add the cold water and bring the mixture together to form a dough
Tip the dough into the tin and spread it out into an even layer, prick it all over with a fork. Chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4
Bake the pastry for 15-20 minutes, take out and set aside. Leave your oven on
Make the sponge by creaming the butter and the golden caster sugar together, ideally using an electric mixer
Whisk in the eggs and almond extract
Gently mix in the ground almonds, baking powder and self raising flour
Spoon the mincemeat over the part baked pastry base and spread it out
Gently spoon the sponge over the top and spread it out. Sprinkle over the toasted flaked almonds
Bake for 35 minutes or until it is a lovely golden brown and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean
When fully cool, mix the icing sugar with water and pipe it over the sponge in a zig zag pattern
Cut into squares and serve. Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days

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Notes

To make this recipe in a 9" square tin you will need:

For the pastry: 113g butter, 225g plain flour, 26g caster sugar, 2 ½ tbsp water

For the sponge: 187g butter, 187g golden caster sugar, 3 eggs, ¾ tsp almond extract, 94g self raising flour, 94g ground almonds, ½ tsp baking powder, 300g mincemeat, 38g flaked almonds

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