If you like bakewell tart, you’ll love this quick and easy cake.
This all-in-one cake is super easy to make and decorate. I love how you just mix all the cake ingredients and go and the icing is a doddle too.
I like to sandwich this with cherry jam for maximum bakewell effect but if you can’t find any, raspberry jam or even lemon butter will work too!

I actually first made this cake for my hairdresser Heather’s birthday. In between hair appointments, we like to host Heather for dinner although isolation kind of cramped our style. Once restrictions were lifted, we made a date in our diary which was almost but not quite on Heather’s birthday.

I knew I’d have to make a cake because everyone knows a (nearly) birthday dinner without cake is just a meeting. This cake ticked all the boxes because it’s quick, easy, delicious and would be a cheeky little nod to our shared British heritage.  Talking of shared British heritage, none of us have lost our British accents and we sound like we’ve just stepped off the boat. Weirdly enough after 12 years of living down under, Australians tell me how British I sound yet when I go back to the UK, everyone thinks I have an Aussie accent. Go figure! 

Wherever you come from or whatever your accent, I think you’ll love this cake. The sponge is lovely and light and the fruitiness of the jam really cuts through the almond flavour.
If you want to make a real statement with this as a celebr...