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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This delicious buttery pear & ginger cake is wonderful served warm with icecream or just a cup of coffee Ingredients:
1 cup butter - softened & divided |
3/4 cup super-fine sugar |
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour - sifted |
3 tsp ground ginger |
3 eggs - beaten |
1 lb pears - peeled, cored & thinly sliced |
1 tblspn brown sugar |
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Lightly grease & line the base of a deep 8 inch cake pan
3. With an electric mixer, beat 3/4 cup of the butter & sugar until creamy
4. Beat in eggs
5. Beat in flour & ginger
6. Beat on medium until batter is smooth
7. Spoon into prepared cake pan, leveling the surface
8. Arrange pear slices in a spiral over the top of the batter
9. Sprinkle with brown sugar & dot with remaining 1/4 cup butter
10. Bake 35 - 40 mins until cake is golden & springy to the touch & a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean
11. Cool on wire rack for 10 mins & then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely
12. Serve with icecream or whipped cream
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