Name: Pear and almond cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 pears, peeled, cored, each cut into eight; 2 tablespoon maple syrup; 1 1/2 cup almond meal; 1/2 cup self-raising flour; 4 eggs; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 200 gram melted, cooled butter; icing sugar, for dusting; cream, to serve

Pear and almond cake

Serves 12

Prep

20M

Cook

Total

1H 20M

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Ingredients

2 pears, peeled, cored, each cut into eight

2 tablespoon maple syrup

1 1/2 cup almond meal

1/2 cup self-raising flour

4 eggs

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

200 gram melted, cooled butter

icing sugar, for dusting

cream, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line a 22cm round cake pan.

2.Arrange pear slices evenly in base of pan. Drizzle with maple syrup. Set aside.

3.In a large bowl, combine almond meal and flour.

4.In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix in butter. Pour into almond meal mixture and lightly fold together. Pour over pears in pan.

5.Bake 1 hour, or until cooked when tested with a skewer.

6.Cook in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar.

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