The Manchester tart is a traditional English baked tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a Maraschino cherry. A common variation has a layer of thinly-sliced bananas under the custard. This is unacceptable to the purist, as bananas weren't even in England when the tart was first made.

Manchester tart

Manchester tart
Type	Tart
Place of origin	Britain
Region or state	Manchester
Created by	Mrs Beeton
Main ingredients	Shortcrust pastry, raspberry jam, custard, flaked coconut, Maraschino cherry
Variations	lemon-flavoured custard

The Manchester tart was a staple on school dinner menus until the mid-1980s. The original Manchester tart is a variation on an earlier recipe, the Manchester pudding, which was first recorded by the Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton.^[1]

Robinson's Bakers of Failsworth advertises itself as the home of the Manchester tart.^[2]