As a side note, you can OF COURSE make your own custard here. Personally I love the flavour and colour of Bird’s custard, but if you want to step it up then it’s the perfect time to employ those crème pat skills we covered in week 2. Spoon 1-2 tsp jam into each baked tartlet and spread to cover the base. There should be just enough to cover the base. Begin by gently melting your chocolate over a bain marie or in the microwave. It should be only just melted, don’t worry if there are a few lumps of unmelted chocolate in there. Set to one side.

Put the custard powder into a small pan together with 2 tbsp of the milk. Mix until well combined, then add the remaining milk and cream. Finally, add in the brandy. This is optional, but I think any good trifle (in any form) benefits from a touch of brandy. The first step is to make your tart cases. Last week’s newsletter runs you through this, from making the pastry to lining your cases and baking perfectly. I’d recommend using individual tart rings like the ones I show in the recipe. But you can use fluted ones, or even make a giant tart to share.

Bakewell Slices

Next, put a generous spoonful of the almond cream on top and spread flat. It should fill the tartlet a little over halfway - it will rise slightly in the oven and we need to make sure there’s enough room for our custard topping so don’t overfill. Minimum life based on 'use-by' date of product. Average life based on last week's deliveries. Life guarantee shown based on delivery tomorrow with the Life guarantee starting the following day. Replacing palm oil with other types of vegetable oil would require much larger amounts of land to grow, since palm trees produce 4-10 times more oil than other crops per unit of cultivated land. This would result in serious environmental damage, with the risk that more forests would need to be converted into agricultural land. Remove from the heat and allow the custard to cool ever so slightly. Test a little by dipping your finger in - if its too hot to hold your finger in, allow it to cool for longer.

Roald Dahl Splendiferous Summer T&Cs: Promotion Period: 02/06/20 at 9am to 01/09/20 at 9am (the "Closing Time"). UK and ROI 18+ only. This advice, covers, almonds, walnuts and pecans which we use as ingredients in Mr. Kipling and other brands. Whilst we strictly control the use and segregation of these nuts within our bakeries, we still believe it appropriate to communicate the use of these nuts to our consumers.For a real taste of home, browse our Puddings and Desserts section and get tempted by all of the delicious food that you could have delivered to your door. Remember Angel Delight? Nothing could taste more nostalgic than this lovely whipped dessert and we sell so many different flavours! Ambrosia Devon Custard is another family favourite along with Ambrosia Semolina, Ambrosia Creamed Rice, Ambrosia Rice Pudding and Ambrosia Tapioca (remember that from school lunches?!). For that special occasion you will probably do what we do in the UK and go to your higher end supermarket to get that lovely treat to make your day. We recommend the fabulous Marks and Spencer Salted Caramel Sauce to add that special something to your ice cream or their White Chocolate Fudge Sauce - a real favourite of our grandchildren! Waitrose too can offer you those sweet treats - try their Seriously Chocolatey Dipping Sauce which is simply heavenly! So, here is my little rendition of the trifle bakewell, an ode to Mr Kipling. We’ll use the beautiful pastry cases we made last week, with a layer of whichever flavour jam you prefer (shop bought, but we might cover jam another week), a basic recipe for almond cream, and the iconic custard topping. Begin by creaming the sugar and vanilla together with the caster sugar. By this, I mean the sugar and butter should be well combined and a soft mixture.

So, as you can see, it's not as simple as replacing or eliminating palm oil but we do recognise the need to source it responsibly, hence our work to source only RSPO certified palm oil. Palm oil also plays a vital role in the reduction of poverty in areas where palm is grown and stopping the production of palm oil altogether would impact the 4.5 million families across Malaysia and Indonesia who rely on the industry to feed their families.Furthermore, the warning we use extends to cover ‘other’ tree nuts namely hazelnuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, pistachio nuts and Macadamia (or Queensland nuts). We are unable to differentiate the risk to any specific nut. By far, the best Mr Kiplings are the trifle bakewells. Layers of plum and raspberry jam, vanilla almond sponge, and a custard topping with sprinkles, all in that signature crumbly pastry case and tin foil. Our family became obsessed with them growing up, and we reinvigorated this obsession last week when I spotted some in Sainsbury’s. Not only were they a very welcome sugar injection whilst painting ceilings (bloody hard work, by the way), they also reminded me that there’s nothing wrong with a smattering of sprinkles to make life fun. A side note, this will probably end up looking messy. The jam will mix a little with the almond cream and you’ll possibly end up with a less than perfect looking uncooked tart. Messy is fine. We are making bakewells combined with trifle here, so anything goes. Put a generous spoonful of the topping on each tartlet and spread smoothly with a palette knife (or a spoon). Top with sprinkles, then allow to set at room temperature for an hour or so before eating. Cat Sarsfield this week on the subject too. But body politics aside, I think a Mr Kipling cake in any form would be considered a guilty pleasure for a pastry chef. Guilty maybe because I haven’t made it, or maybe because it is considered processed junk. But honestly I have zero guilt about eating cakes made to look unnervingly perfect and crammed full of sugar. They are nostalgic and fun, even if they do make my teeth hurt.

With that being said, I expect you are wondering why we cannot just stop using palm oil – sustainable or not. This is a commonly asked question and one I hope to answer below. Top 10 Chocolates Top 15 Chewing Gums Kinder’s Product Range Nutella’s Product Range Ferrero’s Product Range Kit Kat Range Cadbury Range I would like to reassure you that 100% of the palm oil we source is certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the leading independent certifying body. All our palm oil suppliers also have policies which covers No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation of Labour, and these have been in place for several years before this became the new RSPO standard in late 2019. Consequently, this means that the palm oil we use only comes from certified sustainable sources, which avoid damaging the tropical rainforests and biodiversity of Southeast Asia.Mr. Kipling produced a range of cakes which include nuts are part of their ingredients. We include a ‘May Contain Nuts’ statement on our wider range of Mr. Kipling Cakes as we cannot guarantee the absence of nuts owing to our product range and manufacturing methods.