{"id":3503,"date":"2023-08-11T10:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T10:07:25","slug":"national-bakewell-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/08\/11\/national-bakewell-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Bakewell Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>National Bakewell Tart Day<\/h1>\n<p>The flaky, buttery pastry, a good amount of jam and sweet frangipane and the little cherry on top literally is the cherry on top. It\u2019s the Bakewell tart, a legend among baked goods, a classic in baking. National Bakewell tart day is a new celebration, only starting in 2020. Grab a Bakewell tart and let\u2019s get into this delicious day.<\/p>\n<h2>History of the Bakewell Tart<\/h2>\n<p>Bakewell Tart is accredited to Mrs Graves, the landlady of the White House Inn in Bakewell, Derbyshire England. It was originally called Bakewell Pudding. It was referred to as a pudding due to the original recipe. The cooks were asked to make a jam tart but instead of putting the almond paste into the pastry, they put it on the jam. This created an egg custard which resembled a pudding.<\/p>\n<p>The date of creation is debated, some cite it as early 1820, while others claim 1860. However, it is found in a cookbook dated 1845. From 1900, the Bakewell pudding became the Bakewell Tart. This was mainly due to the egg custard being replaced by a frangipane. Soon a cherry topped, and it became the \u2018Cherry Bakewell\u2019. Finally, they were made smaller and became individual. It became the Bakewell Tart that we know today.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Reading<\/h3>\n<p>Read about more days of the year <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?s=daysoftheyear\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the mood for some cooking or baking, check out each well-being collection at our libraries for some cookbooks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo source Alan Stephenson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Bakewell Tart Day The flaky, buttery pastry, a good amount of jam and sweet frangipane and the little cherry on top literally is the cherry on top. It\u2019s the Bakewell tart, a legend among baked goods, a classic in baking. National Bakewell tart day is a new celebration, only starting in 2020. 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