Mary’s Bakewell tart with feathered icing recipe on The Great British Bake Off

Mary Berry showcased her delicious bakewell tart in pastry week on The Great British Bake Off.

Mary says: “This classic Bakewell tart is topped with feathered icing to give an impressive finish.”

The ingredients for the jam are: 200g raspberries and 250g jam sugar.

For the sweet shortcrust pastry: 225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting, 150g butter, chilled, 25g icing sugar and 1 large free-range egg, beaten.

For the filling: 150g butter, softened, 150g caster sugar, 150g ground almonds, 1 large free-range egg, beaten and 1 tsp almond extract.

For the icing: 300g icing sugar, 1 tsp almond extract and pink food colouring gel.