Nigella's Pear Cake

I have made this cake before:

and looking in the fruit bowl at the unloved pears,

it's time to make it again!

This is a Nigella recipe and can be found here:

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/pear-cake-242

As I don't want to risk a broken link

and then not be able to make this super recipe again,

I have copied and pasted it below

and hope that Nigella doesn't mind ;)

I have several Nigella recipe books,

 her cakes are not only scrumdidlliumptious,

but also easy to make Gluten-Free.

Just swap regular Flour for Gluten-Free Flour

and add a teaspoon of Xantham Gum.

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PEAR CAKE

Ingredients 

250 grams unsalted butter

300 ml sugar

4 eggs

300 grams Flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

4 tablespoons milk (or cream)

6 pears (between 2 and 6, depending on size and personal taste

- I like this cake with quite a lot of pears)

demerara sugar (for sprinkling on top)

 

Method

1.In an electric mixer, mix butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add the eggs, one at the time, and stir well.

 

2.Sift the flour and baking powder together, mix some of it onto the batter,

then add some of the milk, then some of the batter....etc. until all is blended.

But mix as little as possible.

 

3.Smear half of the batter in a buttered spring form ("medium" sized, 23 cm or so).

 

4.Peel and take out the core of the pears, cut in pieces, and spread out on the bottom.

Cover with the rest of the batter, and add a new layer of pear pieces if you like.

Just push them a little down into the batter.

Sprinkle with Demerara sugar.

 

5.Bake in oven, 180 C (350 F) for 30-45 minutes,

depending on the amount of pears used. (Many pears - more moist - more time.)

But check after 30 minutes to be sure. Ready when a cake tester comes out clean.

This can also be made as a loaf cake, just adjust the cooking time and temperature.

Enjoy! Nom, nom, nom!!!