Recipe : Pear and Ginger Cake

Recipe #002 - Pear and Ginger Cake


Preparation Time : 20 Minutes Cooking Time : 45 Minutes Serves : 6

Ingredients :Chocolate Souffles
 

  • 200 g (7 oz) 14 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 175 g (6 oz) caster (superfine) sugar
  • 175 g (6 oz) self-raising flour, sifted
  • 3 tsp ginger
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 450 g (1 lb) dessert (eating) pears, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp soft brown sugar

 

Preparation:

  1. Lightly grease and line the base of a deep 20.5 cm (8 inch) cake tin (pan).
  2. Using a whisk, combine 175 g (6 oz) of the butter with the sugar, flour, ginger and eggs and mix to form a smooth consistency.
  3. Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin (pan), levelling out the surface.
  4. Arrange the pear slices over the cake mixture. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and dot with the remaining butter.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven, at 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4, for 35 - 45 minutes or until the cake is golden and feels springy to the touch.
  6. Serve the pear and ginger cake warm, with ice cream or cream if you wish
  7. Soft, brown sugar is often known as Barbados sugar. It is a darker form of light brown soft sugar. Or you can use Muscavado sugar.

 

  

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