National Bakewell Tart Day

About National Bakewell Tart Day

These exceedingly good cakes weren't invented by a certain Mr Kipling.

The Bakewell Tart is a 20th-century version of an older recipe for Bakewell Pudding.

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• Food
• United Kingdom

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• Food
• United Kingdom

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• Food
• United Kingdom

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• Food
• United Kingdom

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• International

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• Political
• USA

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