A simple and easy-to-follow recipe for a pear cake. Even though it uses a lot of pears, you will be surprised with how small the cake comes out ;). The cake is moist and so easy and quick to make. Perfect for a light dessert. If you’d prefer, you can add a hint of ginger or cinnamon to the cake batter. If you have many pears and are not up for a complicated cake, this recipe is perfect for you :).
Ingredients for the easy pear cake:
- 500 g pears, ripe
- fresh juice from 1 lemon
- 1 Tbsp pear or apple liqueur (not necessary)
- 2 eggs
- 50 g butter, melted and cooled
- 75 g plain flour
- 70 g caster sugar
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- icing sugar for dusting or apricot jam for glazing
- creme fraiche, for serving
All ingredients should be at room temperature.
Peel and core the pears and cut them into cubes. Add the pears to a bowl and mix with lemon juice and liqueur. Set aside whilst you make the cake batter.
Mix the eggs in a mixing bowl. Add in the cooled butter and mix. Add in sifted flour, baking powder, caster sugar and mix. Add pears (with the juice) to the batter and mix.
Line a 20cm cake tin with baking paper. Pour the cake mixture into the tin and level out.
Bake at 175ºC for 30 – 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out dry. Remove from the oven and cool.
Before serving, dust it with icing sugar or spread it with previously warmed-up apricot jam. Serve with lightly whipped creme fraiche.
Enjoy!
Recipe source – Good Food Magazine.
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