Pear Cake Delight
Indulge your sweet tooth with this Pear Cake Delight! It's a buttery, spongy cake with juicy pears and a touch of lemon. Topped with apricot glaze and a dusting of icing sugar, it's perfect with a dollop of crème fraîche. Enjoy!
When it comes to the perfect pairing between a tart fruit and a sweet syrup, nothing beats pear cake delights.
To make this delicious cake, begin by preheating the oven and greasing the baking tin. You'll need some diced pears, flour, baking powder, and caster sugar for the cake mixture. Whisk together the melted butter and beaten eggs and combine with your pears. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake until a skewer comes out clean.
Once your pear cake delight is out of the oven, let it cool before drizzling with a mixture of apricot jam and water. Sprinkle over some icing sugar and enjoy a slice, best served with a dollop of crème fraiche.
This beautiful and indulgent dessert will be sure to impress your guests and have them coming back for more. With the perfect blend of tangy pears, sweet syrup and a fluffy sponge, pear cake delights will be your go-to after every meal.
Why You’ll Love This Pear Cake Delight Recipe
These are all the reasons I'm loving this Pear Cake Delight recipe:
It's delicious and versatile: The Pear Cake Delight is a delightfully sweet and creamy cake that can be enjoyed as a dessert or as an afternoon treat. The combination of pears and apricot jam creates a truly unique flavor that can be enjoyed with a dollop of crème fraiche for extra special sweetness.
It's simple to make: With just a few simple steps and ingredients, this Pear Cake Delight recipe can be ready in under an hour. All you need is some ripe pears, butter, sugar, eggs, and a few other simple ingredients, and you are well on your way to a delicious and easy cake.
It's nutritious: With just 191kcal per serving, this Pear Cake Delight is a great way to indulge your sweet tooth without adding too many calories. It is also packed with fibre, providing a healthy dose of vitamins and minerals.
Pear Cake Delight
Indulge your sweet tooth with this Pear Cake Delight! It's a buttery, spongy cake with juicy pears and a touch of lemon. Topped with apricot glaze and a dusting of icing sugar, it's perfect with a dollop of crème fraîche. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 50g butter, melted, plus extra for the tin
- 500g ripe buttery pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
- juice 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp poire William liqueur (optional)
- 75g plain flour
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- 75g caster sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 tbsp apricot jam, for the glaze
- icing sugar, for dusting
- crème fraîche, to serve
Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 20cm loose-bottomed cake tin with butter and line it with baking parchment.
- Step 2: Place the diced pears in a bowl with the lemon juice and Poire William (if using), to stop them from changing colour. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and add a pinch of salt and the caster sugar. Whisk together the eggs and melted butter. Afterwards, mix in the pears together with the liquid. Pour the cake mixture into the baking tin. Bake for around 50 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. Put the cake on a wire rack and let it cool slightly before taking it out of the tin, carefully peeling away the parchment.
- Step 3: In order to make the glaze, dissolve the apricot jam with 1 tablespoon of water and strain out any clumps. Spread the glaze over the cake, sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy with a dollop of crème fraîche.
