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Hungarian Tart with Jam is a buttery biscuit-style tart with a sweet jam center and grated topping. This easy bake is perfect for sharing, slicing, and enjoying with tea.
Hungarian Tart with Jam is a buttery biscuit-style jam slice that’s easy to make and cut into squares. Perfect for tea or dessert.
Hungarian Tart with Jam is one of those simple, no-fuss treats that looks fancy but comes together quickly. It’s buttery, soft, a little crumbly, and layered with sweet jam in the middle. If you’ve got a tub of jam and some basic baking staples, you’re halfway there.
Why You’ll Love and Enjoy this Hungarian Tart with Jam
- Great for tea, dessert, or sharing at gatherings
- Uses simple pantry ingredients
- Perfect balance of buttery biscuit and jam
- Easy to make and slice into neat squares
Hungarian Tart with Jam: buttery, jam-filled squares
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Hungarian Tart with Jam
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 16 servings depending on size 1x
- Category: Cake, Cookies and Tarts, Cupcakes
- Method: Easy
Description
Soft, buttery Hungarian Tart with Jam is easier than you think.
Ingredients
- 4 cups cake flour, plus extra for dusting
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 4 Tbsp icing sugar (smoother than granulated)
- 1 Tbsp vanilla essence
- 4 Tbsp cooking oil
- 250 g butter, softened
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 x 290 g tub Rhodes Mixed Jam (or your favorite jam)
Instructions
- Sift flour and baking powder together.
- Beat butter and icing sugar until light and creamy.
- Add vanilla and oil, then beat in eggs.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients to form a soft dough. If sticky, dust in more flour until pliable.
- Split dough into two pieces.
- Roll one half into a rectangle and transfer it to a 9×13 inch (23×33 cm) baking dish lined with parchment. Trim edges.
- Spread jam evenly over the base (use the whole jar if you like a thick layer).
- Grate the second half of dough over the jam to make a crumbly topping.
- Bake at 180C/350F for 20–25 minutes, until lightly golden.
- Cool completely in the pan before cutting into squares.
- Optional: dust with icing sugar.
Notes
Created, prepared, tried, and tested by Gail
Fresh from the oven, Hungarian Tart with Jam is perfect for tea time or dessert.
Hungarian Tart with Jam is a simple, buttery jam slice that’s baked into neat squares and loved for its soft biscuit texture. The sweet jam filling balances perfectly with the crumbly topping, making it an easy, comforting treat for tea, dessert, or sharing.
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Esme, these look incredibly delicious! I’m thinking about which jam to add. Thank you for sharing this with us. I’m going to pin this recipe to make it soon.
Enjoy it, they are delicious. I am sure any jam will be perfect. Please let me know which one you tried