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Almond Slices with photos
« on: June 27, 2014, 09:20:35 pm »
Almond Slices
Here in the UK one of the big cake manufactures is called "Mr.Kipling" Their slogan is "He makes exceedingly good cakes" Almond Slices have always been a favourite of mine and I thought I would search and find an equivalent recipe to convert to the TM.Acknowledgement to The Wandering Pit where I found this recipe.

I batch of Rich shortcrust Pastry from the Fast & Easy Cooking
2 tbsp good quality raspberry jam.
100g caster sugar + 100g caster sugar
175g almonds
1 egg
1 egg white
1/2 tsp almond extract
blanched,split almonds to decorate ( be generous)

1.Make the Rich Shortcrust Pastry.
2.Preheat the oven to 200c/180c fan and place a baking tray on the oven shelf to heat.
3.Grease a baking tray 25x15cm.Roll out the pastry and line the baking tray,pinching the edges of pastry to form a border.(The leftover pastry can be used for another recipe or frozen.)
4. Spread the pastry case with the jam.

5.Place the almonds into the TM bowl and grind 6sec/speed 8. Set Aside.
6. Place the first 100g of sugar in the TM bowl and grind 30sec/ speed 9.( you should now have icing sugar) scrape down TM bowl.
7. Add the second 100g of sugar,ground almonds,egg white,egg and almond extract to the TM bowl.Mix 15sec/ speed 4.  
8. Spread the almond paste carefully and evenly over the jam.
9. Sprinkle generously with flaked almonds.

10.Place in the oven on the hot baking sheet for 25 minutes until golden brown on top.( I turned my tray half way through the cooking time)
11. Allow to cool on a wire and then slice into 14 pieces.


Enjoy!
« Last Edit: June 28, 2014, 09:45:45 am by Cornish Cream »
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Re: Almond Slices with photos
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2014, 09:35:44 pm »
CC, we also have MrKipling  in Australia.  Love the look of your slice.  Certainly on the must do list.   Thanks.

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Re: Almond Slices with photos
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2014, 09:40:13 pm »
Looks great CC must make this when I get home.

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« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2014, 09:41:08 pm »
Thanks girls. :-*
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2014, 12:47:22 am »
Sounds and looks wonderful Cornish.  Thanks  :)

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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2014, 02:16:20 am »
Yum CC, my kind of slice.
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2014, 02:27:55 am »
A lovely slice Denise, it's been a long time since I had anything like that.

I've never heard of Mr Kipling Chookie  :-))
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« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2014, 04:28:23 am »
It looks delicious !
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Re: Almond Slices with photos
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2014, 04:42:27 am »
Printed off and up on the board!!  That looks just fantastic, CC!!  (and I'm in love with your cooking rack, too!! ;D)

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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2014, 07:02:38 am »
CC I am cooking for a meeting here tomorrow night. I thought I had my food planned, this looks so nice. I have had a similar thing with coconut on but not this one. It looks delicious. A big thank you, we will love it.
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2014, 07:54:44 am »
yum, i will make this :)
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« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2014, 09:29:05 am »
OMG this will be definitely on the "to do list"  Thankyou CC so much for this, also love the rack  ;D

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« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2014, 10:15:01 am »
Thanks girls :-*
The cooling rack I bought years ago from Lakeland.
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« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2014, 11:35:58 am »
It looks lovely CC, you've been very neat  pinching your border. Never heard of Mr Kipling, but I always prefer home made to even a bakery any day
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« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2014, 12:44:45 pm »
Thanks CP :-*
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