When a friend offered me a Sainsbury's Lemon Bakewell this morning, I thought it only polite to accept (would be rude not to really, absolutely nothing to do with the fact I wanted one), and on tasting it, decided I'd write a review. You see, the Lemon Bakewells weren't exactly what I imagined. Never having tasted one before, I expected it to be much like a normal bakewell tart (where the predominant flavours of the filling are almond and cherry jam), but with a lemon twist. Instead, I found the tarts to be quite different from the norm (in taste, not presentation), with no hint of almond at all. This is not necessarily a bad thing, just a bit unexpected ...  Read the complete review

I'm a bit of a sucker for any lemon flavoured cakes as I live lemon drizzle cake, I have never been a big fan of bakewell tarts however when I saw a lemon version on sale in Sainsbury I thought I would give it a try and I'm quite glad I did. These come in six individual portions each contained in a foil case. The top layer is yellow coloured icing, underneath this there is a layer of lemon curd instead of the normal jamand then benath this is a sponge layer and these all sit on a pastry base. The cake smells of lemons and the taste is also a wonderfully lemon delight, the only moan I do have is that the pastry is a bit crumbly and it makes the cake ...  Read the complete review

PRICE: £1.09 for 6 NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per cake): Calories: 181 Kj: 761 Protein: 1.6g Carbohydrate: 26.7g - of which sugars: 17.3g - of which starch: 9.3g Fat: 7.5g - of which saturates: 3.0g - of which mono-unsaturates: 3.1g - of which polyunsaturates: 1.3g Fibre: 0.4g Salt: 0.16g - of which sodium: 0.06g INGREDIENTS: Wheat flour, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, dextrose, disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed skimmed cows' milk, water, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, sunflower oil, natural flavouring, ...  Read the complete review