Spiced Pan Roasted Pear Cake
SERVES
10
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
20
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
CUISINE
COURSE
Baking
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4.
Sprinkle brown sugar over the bottom of a heavy 25cm sauté pan or frying pan or a heavy cake tin with 6.5cm deep sides. Add the butter to the pan. Place the sauté pan on a low heat until butter melts.
Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt together. Whisk in the eggs and oil. Mix in the grated pear and ginger.
Remove the pan or tin from the heat. Whisk the butter and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Arrange the pear slices in the frying pan or tin.
Pour the batter over the pears and bake until the cake is springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean (approximately 1 hour).
Allow to cool slightly (10 minutes approximately); loosen the edges of the cake with a knife and turn out onto a hot plate.
Serve warm with softly whipped cream or homemade vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
110g soft light or dark brown sugar
110g unsalted butter, cut into cubes
175g plain flour
110g caster sugar
2 tsp freshly ground cinnamon
1 ¼ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 large eggs
150ml sunflower oil
1 pear, coarsely grated
1 tbsp grated ginger
4 pears, peeled, cored and cut into 6
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4.
Sprinkle brown sugar over the bottom of a heavy 25cm sauté pan or frying pan or a heavy cake tin with 6.5cm deep sides. Add the butter to the pan. Place the sauté pan on a low heat until butter melts.
Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and salt together. Whisk in the eggs and oil. Mix in the grated pear and ginger.
Remove the pan or tin from the heat. Whisk the butter and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Arrange the pear slices in the frying pan or tin.
Pour the batter over the pears and bake until the cake is springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean (approximately 1 hour).
Allow to cool slightly (10 minutes approximately); loosen the edges of the cake with a knife and turn out onto a hot plate.
Serve warm with softly whipped cream or homemade vanilla ice cream.
