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Spiced pear butter cake
Rich, buttery spiced pear butter cake is an easy, delicious recipe perfect as a tea time treat served with a dollop of sweetened whippe cream.
Course
Baked goods, Cake, Pound cake
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
hour
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
25
minutes
minutes
Author
Alida Ryder
Ingredients
250
g
butter
room temperature
250
g
sugar
4
eggs
250
g
flour
2
teaspoons
baking powder
1
teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/2
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
pinch
each ground cloves and ground cardamom
pinch
of salt
1/2
cup
milk
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
4
pears
peeled, cored and chopped
to serve
sweetened whipped cream
Instructions
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.