In Popular Culture
Bakewell tarts were mentioned on an edition of The Great British Bake Off, presented by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, on August 23, 2011 (the second programme in the programme's second series). The story of a maid who got the recipe for jam tarts wrong was mentioned on the programme, although the narrator seemed skeptical about the story.
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