Almond & Raspberry Slice

[CreamPuff63]

Ingredients:
Base and First Layer:
75g butter
90g raw sugar
75g plain flour
40g SR flour
20g desiccated coconut
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp lemon rind
110g (1/3 cup) raspberry jam
70g (2/3 cup) frozen raspberries or blueberries

Almond Topping:
250g almonds
30g raw sugar
2 eggs


Preparation:
Preheat oven to 190 conventional/170 fan forced. Grease 18x27cm slice pan, and line with baking paper.
Add lemon rind to TM and blitz 10 secs, Speed 8 for or until finely chopped.
Set aside.
Add sugar to TM bowl, 3 secs, Speed 10.
Add butter 1 min, Speed 6 until creamed.
Add flours, coconut, lemon juice, and rind then mix 20 secs, Speed 3.
Press into prepared pan and prick base with a fork. Bake 15 mins or until golden.
Allow to cool.
Combine jam and raspberries and spread over base.
Spoon almond topping roughly over raspberry layer and bake further 10-15 mins or until coconut is golden brown. Allow to cool and cut into fingers.

Almond Topping:
Add almonds to TM bowl, 7 secs, Speed 6. (To ground almonds finer – do longer)
Add sugar and eggs, 5 secs, Speed 4.

Photos:

Tips/Hints:This is berry delicious – do not leave on the bench unattended.
I tried a chunky almond topping, pictured, and will try grinding the almonds more next time to see what I prefer as that is what the recipe specified.

Source: CSR Raw Sugar pkt.

[achookwoman]

Thanks CreamPuff,  love these,  will male them tomorrow.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

That slice looks so yummy CP63. You are very clever with your photography too.

Chookie - Can you "mail" some to me while you are at it. 

[judydawn]

 

Nice conversion CP63, chunky looks good to me.

[Thermomixer]

Berry good CP63 - amazing what gems are to be found on the sides of packets.  I have a couple of empty packets in my file to try.

[cookie1]

That slice looks so yummy CP63. You are very clever with your photography too.

Chookie - Can you "mail" some to me while you are at it. 

ROFL.

[achookwoman]

Hi girls,  did (male) make them,  and the painters loved them.

[Cornish Cream]

Made these today,they smell divine.Taking them tomorrow to have with coffee at my Thursday class,can't wait to try them Didn't use raspberry jam,used Tenina's Va Voom Vanilla and Strawberry jam instead.

[CreamPuff63]

Oh fantastic CC, hope they scoff it down with relish 

[cookie1]

I haven't made this yet.  thanks for bumping CC.

[Cornish Cream]

Oh fantastic CC, hope they scoff it down with relish 

One word from them all CP "Delicious"

[CreamPuff63]

Aaah that's all we want hear CC  ; well done!