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today was a more chill and comfy day for me aaliyah and Grayson

we decided to make some bakery and food

today we were going to make some Bakewell tarts

today we were going to make some Bakewell tarts

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Ingredients :

2 x 320g sheets of all butter shortcrust pastry
For the frangipane
120g butter
, softened
120g golden caster sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp plain flour
110g ground almonds
90g cherry jam

For the icing:
200g icing sugar
12 glacé cherries

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly butter a 12 hole muffin tin. Unroll the sheet of pastry and use a 10cm circular pastry cutter to cut 12 circles out of the pastry sheet. Press the cut circles into the holes of the tin, making sure they come right up and slightly over the top – pushing out any creases. Chill the pastry in the fridge for 20mins. Scrunch up 10cm x 10cm squares of baking paper and then un-scrunch and use to line each of the pastry tarts, then fill with baking beans, rice or dried pulses. Bake for 10 mins, then remove the paper and beans and bake for 10 mins longer, until golden brown. Set aside to cool a little.

Make the filling by beating together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then whisk in the egg, followed by the flour (the flour will prevent the mixture from splitting). Fold in the ground almonds. Spoon a level tsp of cherry jam into each of the pastry shells, followed by a tablespoon of the frangipane mixture. Bake for 20 mins, until the frangipane is golden and springy. Set aside to cool completely. Neaten the edges of the pastry with a small knife or scissors if you like

Mix the icing sugar with 2 tbsp water. Spread the icing over each of the tarts, top each with a glacé cherry, leave to set for 20 mins and then you're finished

We followed the instructions and got to baking

It was very fun because Grayson threw food at me and I threw back then aaliyah threw it at Grayson to protect me and then it got into a fun food fight which we soon cleaned up

Once we finished all the instructions the lovely Bakewell tarts were in front of us begging us to eat them

I took a piece and ate it

It was delicious

We all managed to finished all of it

It was now time to rest so we went into the living room and put the tv on

we were all chilling on the couch eating snacks when the door rang

" I'll get it " I said

" okay love , be careful " he said kissing my cheek

I smiled at him and walked towards the door and looked through the little hole

It's a lady

I open the door

" hello , may I ask why you're here " I said

" who are you " the lady asked confused

" who are you " I asked

" I'm graysons girlfriend" she said

what ?

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