A delicious low carb almond and wild blueberry tart. This crustless keto dessert is easy and elegant, and makes a perfect Mother’s Day Brunch. Or Father’s Day! This post is sponsored by Wyman’s of Maine.
Do you ever say something or make some gesture and suddenly think to yourself “oh my god, I am my mother!”. There’s just something about your tone of voice or your mannerisms and as you’re doing it or saying it, you sense an intense familiarity about it. Perhaps even a little déjà vu. It’s like you step outside of yourself for that brief instant and you see her standing there, making that gesture, saying those words. She’s you and you are her. And all the times you promised yourself that you wouldn’t grow up to be like your mother come back in a swoosh. Too late! Except now, you no longer really mind. You aren’t an angry teenager anymore and you’ve come to realize there are much worse things than becoming your mum. It’s virtually predestined anyway, you might as well just embrace it.
When we’re younger, we think we are so much our own independent person. We are so sure that we are absolutely unique, so very amazingly special, that we cannot possibly be like our parents. We think our experiences and our feelings and our thoughts are so individual to us alone, that our parents can’t possibly relate. But as we get older, we begin to see so much of our parents in ourselves and realize we inherited so many of their traits. It can even be a little comforting to think that this or that feature, physical or otherwise, comes from the generation before. My impulsiveness and my impatience? So very much my mum. I “came by it honestly”, as she would say. We look almost nothing alike, she with her dark hair and dark eyes, I with my blond hair and blue eyes. But if you know us, you know that I am most certainly my mother’s daughter.
But I appear to have inherited an intense love of wild blueberries from my father. I am sure my mother likes them too but my father was passionate about them. He would scorn the big blue globes of the cultivated berries, passing them over as if they had nothing to offer. And he’d happily pay a pretty penny for the baskets full of tiny wild Ontario blueberries, eating them on his cereal, in his pancakes, over his yogurt. And by the handful every time he’d walk through the kitchen. I will never see a wild blueberry or anything made with wild blueberries, without thinking of my dad. And I always, always have a bag of Wyman’s wild blueberries in my freezer. They are good in everything!
If you’ve never had bakewell tart, you are in for a treat. It’s a British tart with an almond paste filling, and often has a layer of jam or is sprinkled with berries. It’s usually raspberries, and Wyman’s happens to have those too if you prefer. But I decided to make mine with the wild blueberries for a change of pace. I also decided to make mine crustless, since a low carb crust would be made with almond flour, just as the filling is. So this is something between a tart and a cake, but it’s absolutely delicious and makes a perfect Mother’s Day brunch or dessert. Still slightly warm from the oven with powdered sweetener or a dollop of whipped cream, it’s elegant and delicious.
So here’s to our mothers and our fathers, and the way we will inevitably grow up to be just like them. From their love of berries to their way with words, there are worse things than becoming our parents!
Blueberry Bakewell Tart
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size | |
| Amount Per Serving | As Served |
| Calories 257kcal Calories from fat 202kcal | |
| % Daily Value | |
| Total Fat 22.52g | 35% |
| Cholesterol 98mg | 33% |
| Carbohydrate 7.38g | 2% |
| Dietary Fiber 3.07g | 12% |
| Protein 7.19g | |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
A delicious low carb almond and wild blueberry tart. This crustless keto dessert is easy and elegant, and makes a perfect Mother's Day Brunch. Or Father's Day!
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup Swerve Sweetener
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 tsp almond extract (or vanilla extract, if you prefer)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
- 3 tbsp sliced almonds
- 1 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F and grease a 9-inch tart pan very well. One with a removable bottom is preferred but this could also be baked in a ceramic tart pan.
- In a food processor, combine the almond flour, butter, sweetener, eggs, egg yolks, almond extract, and salt. Process until well combined and smooth.
- Spread about half the batter in the prepared baking pan and sprinkle with half of the blueberries. Dollop the remaining batter overtop and gently spread with a knife or offset spatula. Sprinkle with the remaining blueberries and the sliced almonds. Press gently to adhere.
- Bake 35 minutes, until the sides are golden brown and the center is just set. Remove and let cool, then gently loosen the sides and lift out on the bottom. (If not using a tart pan with a removable bottom, simply cut into pieces to serve).
- Sprinkle with the powdered sweetener before serving.
Recipe Notes
Serves 10. Each serving has 4.31g NET CARBS.
Food energy: 257kcal Total fat: 22.52g Calories from fat: 202 Cholesterol: 98mg Carbohydrate: 7.38g Total dietary fiber: 3.07g Protein: 7.19g
USED TO MAKE THIS RECIPE:
OMG, you did a Bakewell Tart! Mom used to make these with pie crust, white cake mix, raspberry jam and lemon icing glaze in a pie plate. One of my all time favourite recipes growing up (next to egg custard pie…ok, loved that a LOT too). Part of the love of these tarts is the combination of textures and flavours as you bit through. The crunch of a crust, the tart/sweet of a layer of jam, the somewhat grittiness of the middle cake and finally either the sweet & crunch of the top layer as you did, or the tartness of the lemon sugar glaze mom made. I all works together to make the Bakewell the famous tart it is.
I think to make this more like the tart I grew up with (a Brit mom, btw), I’ll add a crunchy almond or coconut crust as the base, layer that with a tart sugar free chia jam, add your cake filling then top with a Swerve lemon glaze. Gosh, I’m almost giddy at the though 🙂 Thank you, thank you, thank you!
If you search “frangipan” on my site, you will see I did a similar recipe with a crust before, as 4 individual tarts. That one has raspberry chia jam in it, if you want something more like your mother used to make. I was inspired to go crustless for this one when I saw a BBC Good Food recipe that was a Bakewell Cake.
These photographs are beautiful! Perfect recipe for Mother’s Day!
Serious drool going on. Love the almond/blueberry combo.
I’d love to celebrate our moms and dads with tis gorgeous treat! I adore blueberries!
Totally get that ‘turning into your mom’ thing! I see mine in the mirror every day, notice her hand gestures, hear her expressions pop out of my mouth! It took a while, but I now find the experience tremendously comforting. 🙂
Love everything about this post, Carolyn. It hit all sorts of buttons for me… including the tart which I’ll make
next week for a good friend’s visit! Perfect!
Many thanks!
The camelias remind me of my dear Nana, she had such beautiful camelia bushes, with loads of flowers in her yard and she let me pick several to float in a pretty dish. I loved the smell of her kitchen, she always had a pot roast going, fresh french bread and the most delectable chocolate prune cake. My mom adored bluberries too and my favorite are the tiny wild blueberries as well. I’m starting Whole30 monday on doctors orders, so I’m going to definitely make this as my last dessert until the next 30 days or more.
I am honoured that this is your last dessert for 30 days! And the flowers were so pretty, I was having fun taking photos of them against my dark blue backdrop.
Hello Carolyn. What size tart pan did you use? 8 inches? Thanks.
9 inches. My mistake if I did not specify, I will correct the recipe now.
Yum…this looks absolutely delish and will be great in my keto dessert rotation which is currently cheesecake, cheesecake and cheesecake 🙂
Quick question – did you thaw the berries before adding or did you just add them frozen?
Thanks for your absolutely fabulous recipes – they make LCHF palatable for my hub and all that much better for me!
Add them frozen. Otherwise the whole thing will turn purple from all the juices!
This is so lovely! I want to make it soon!!
Made it today and it tastes awesome! You’re the best Carolyn!
Hi Carolyn,
This is a nice little tart! But I’ve got to pick some wild blueberries when I go home. I just made this with the big cultivated ones and it just didn’t have any flavour. I might try adding some grated lemon peel next time or using raspberries. I freaked out (needlessly) at how little batter their was with a 9 inch pan so I scraped it out and switched to an 8 inch pan and cooked it 5 mins more.
Looks alot like Dutch boterkoek – with lovely bluberries! Gotta try this, although I don’t think we have little wild blueberries here.
Love bakewell tarts! Especially with blueberries.
Ridiculously gorgeous!
Made this yesterday….very delicious. I saved a piece to have this morning with my coffee (had to hide it in the fridge) and it was equally delicious cold the next day. Thank you for this great recipe!
Any chance this could be made in a crockpot?😳😊
Very possibly. It wouldn’t take too long so I’d watch it (because it’s thin)
If I only have a 11″ pan what should I reduce the cook time to?
I really can’t say, since that’s an unusual size of pan. I’d take off at least 5 minutes and watch it after that.
My tart pan is 10″. Would it be best using that or a 9″ pie pan?
You can use your pan, it just may bake a little faster so keep your eye on it.
Considering making this as a 4th of July dessert with blueberries and raspberries. Do you think that could work? Could I use fresh fruit instead of frozen?
Yes, any berry would work and fresh should be fine.
Wonderful revipe. Had some blueberries that I needed to use when I saw this recipe so I made it yesterday. Used fresh blueberries and a 9 inch pyrex pie plate. Perfect. We absolutely loved it and it is super eady to make . . . WOW