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Title: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Cornish Cream 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 (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=14577.0) 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.
(http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/Cornish_cream/091e28c940b9f8bf39a084f021c9517f.jpg)
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.
(http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/Cornish_cream/69416afdbaaa7448c3cd2c225b0d0b71.jpg)
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.
(http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/Cornish_cream/c2498ac207a31dc700ee7e3bc636b891.jpg)
(http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/Cornish_cream/87e36cdb67705afcf9ce26bead35191c.jpg)
Enjoy!

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: achookwoman 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.

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: trudy on June 27, 2014, 09:40:13 pm

Looks great CC must make this when I get home.

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Cornish Cream on June 27, 2014, 09:41:08 pm

Thanks girls. :-*

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: JulieO on June 28, 2014, 12:47:22 am

Sounds and looks wonderful Cornish.  Thanks  :)

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Bedlam on June 28, 2014, 02:16:20 am

Yum CC, my kind of slice.

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: judydawn 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  :-))

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Katiej on June 28, 2014, 04:28:23 am

It looks delicious !

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: goldfish 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)

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: cookie1 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.

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: obbie on June 28, 2014, 07:54:44 am

yum, i will make this :)

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Emme 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

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Cornish Cream on June 28, 2014, 10:15:01 am

Thanks girls :-*
The cooling rack I bought years ago from Lakeland.

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: CreamPuff63 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

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Cornish Cream on June 28, 2014, 12:44:45 pm

Thanks CP :-*

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Bedlam on June 29, 2014, 12:21:23 am

I wish we had lakeland over here, although I would probably spend too much money and time in there!

Title: Re: Almond Slices with photos
Post by: Kimmyh on June 29, 2014, 11:12:06 am

Lovely slice CC. Can't wait to try. Thanks.