# School Cornflake Tart

This recipe is for a classic school cornflake tart with a raspberry jam filling.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 175 g plain flour
- 85 g butter
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 50 g butter
- 125 g golden syrup
- 25 g soft brown sugar
- 100 g cornflakes
- seedless raspberry jam

## Instructions

1. Add 175g of plain flour to a bowl.
2. Add 85g of butter to the flour.
3. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of cold water to the mixture and combine until a dough forms.
5. Sprinkle flour on a clean surface and roll out the pastry dough using a rolling pin.
6. Grease and flour a tart tin.
7. Carefully transfer the rolled-out pastry into the tart tin.
8. Gently press the pastry down into the tin and trim any excess.
9. Prick the bottom of the pastry with a fork.
10. Line the pastry with baking paper and fill with baking stones.
11. Bake for about 15 minutes.
12. Remove the baking stones and finish baking for another 5-10 minutes until golden.
13. Trim the edges of the baked pastry base.
14. For the filling, add 50g of butter to a saucepan.
15. Add 125g of golden syrup to the saucepan.
16. Add 25g of soft brown sugar to the saucepan.
17. Melt the ingredients together on the hob.
18. Add 100g of cornflakes to the melted mixture and stir until coated.
19. Spread a decent layer of seedless raspberry jam over the base of the pastry.
20. Pour the cornflake mixture on top of the jam layer.
21. Gently press down the cornflakes to create an even layer.
22. Bake the tart in the oven for another 5 minutes until golden.
23. Let the tart cool down before slicing and serving.

## Equipment

- bowl
- weighing scale
- rolling pin
- tin
- baking paper
- baking stones
- fork
- saucepan
- hob
- wooden spoon
- spatula
- knife
- oven mitts

## Tips

- The secret with pastry is not to mess around with it too much.
- You can buy ready-made pastry if you don't want to go through the stress, just need a bit of patience.
- You can use strawberry or raspberry jam.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLxsPf0s8ES/?igsh=MTJra3R3OWZxdnM3aA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3e33ccbd-46c1-4375-ad86-65b9da0918c0
- Extracted: 2025-09-27

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