Spiced pear butter cake

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 4 Pears

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1 pinch Cloves and ground cardamom, ground
  • 250 g Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Nutmeg, ground
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 250 g Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 Whipped cream, sweetened

• Dairy

  • 250 g Butter
  • 1/2 cup Milk

Found on simply-delicious-food.com

Description

Ingredients

• 250g butter, room temperature
• 250g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 250g flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• pinch each ground cloves and ground cardamom
• pinch of salt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 pears, peeled, cored and chopped
• sweetened whipped cream

Directions

• Pre-heat the oven to 180°c and line a 20cm cake pan with baking paper.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy then beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, spices and salt and in a separate jug, mix together the milk and vanilla.
• Add the flour and milk, alternating between the two, and mix well after each addition until the batter is thick and creamy.
• Coat the pear in 1 tablespoon of flour. Dust off the excess and mix into the batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and place in the oven.
• Bake for 60-75 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean. If the cake is browning too fast, simply cover with a piece of foil.
• When the cake is baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before serving with whipped cream.