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Golden Pear Cake

October 20, 2014 by Sara 11 Comments

Golden pear Cake

I am a great believer in using everything up, and as I can’t stand waste, I get a lot of satisfaction from knowing that nothing has been thrown away. So over the past few weeks I have been busy trying to use up every last fruit from the harvest in my garden. This Golden Pear Cake is a double hit, as it uses up fresh pears on the top and some Spiced Harvest Mincemeat inside too, which I had already made with all the garden apples and pears.

Golden Pear Cake
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
45 mins
Total time
1 hour
 
Author: Sara
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of light olive oil
  • 1 cup of natural yoghurt
  • 1 cup of light brown sugar
  • 2 free range eggs
  • 1 cup of spiced harvest mincemeat
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • A handful of chopped walnuts
  • 2 cups of self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 - 6 pears peeled and sliced
  • 2 tbspns of soft brown sugar and ¼ cup of butter to line the base of the pan.
Instructions
  1. Grease and line an 18cm cake tin and preheat the oven
  2. In a large bowl whisk together the oil, eggs, yoghurt and brown sugar into a light frothy mixture.
  3. Stir in the mincemeat and walnuts
  4. Sift in the four, baking powder, cinnamon and salt stirring thoroughly.
  5. Give the bottom of the lined tin a generous rub of butter and then sprinkle with brown sugar to line the tin.
  6. Working quickly, peel and slice the pears and arrange them on top of the brown sugar and butter base.
  7. Then pour the cake batter on top of the pears.
  8. Bake in the centre of oven gas mark 5 / 190 c for around 45mins or until the cake has risen well and is firm to touch. To double check, you can test with a skewer to see if it comes out clean.
  9. Remove from the oven, allow to cool so it's easier to handle and slide a knife around the tin, then place a serving plate on top of the tin and invert the cake, straight on to a serving plate.
  10. This is delicious served warm with creme fraiche as a dessert, or as a welcome tea-time treat the next day, but it won't last long!
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Comments

  1. Abby says

    October 15, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    I’m right there with you: I hate to let food go to waste, which is why I love to bake with nearly expired fruits and vegetables, too.

    I’m hosting a link party over on my blog and we’d love for you to link up with us! http://winsteadwandering.com/alder-collective-link-party-no-2/

    Reply
  2. nadia says

    September 17, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    Thanks for submitting it to our link party. You were featured and pinned on our Pintrest board.

    http://mountaintopchef.blogspot.com/2015/09/friday-finds-1.html

    https://www.pinterest.com/mountaintopchef/link-party-friday-finds-mountain-top-chef/

    Reply
    • Sara says

      September 17, 2015 at 3:09 pm

      Thanks for featuring my Golden Pear Cake and for hosting too!

      Reply
  3. Nadia says

    September 14, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    loved this, you should add it to our link party

    Our link party http://mountaintopchef.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_75.html

    Reply
    • Sara says

      September 14, 2015 at 6:16 pm

      Thanks! Will do 🙂

      Reply
  4. Chrissa - Physical Kitchness says

    September 13, 2015 at 3:06 am

    Oh my goodness this looks decadent!

    Reply
  5. sahana says

    September 6, 2015 at 12:53 am

    yummy !!Thank you for sharing with us @ #HomeMattersParty .We would love to have you again next week.

    Reply
  6. Lou Lou Girls says

    November 10, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    Oh my! Yummy! Pinned. Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
  7. Grace @ Eats Amazing says

    November 7, 2014 at 10:58 am

    This looks so delicious, it must be lovely to have such a harvest from your garden!
    Thank you for linking up at #FunFoodFriday!

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 7, 2014 at 12:15 pm

      Thanks Grace, It is a lovely recipe when you have lots of fruit to use up (it works well will apples too!) Thanks for hosting 🙂

      Reply
    • Sara says

      November 7, 2014 at 12:20 pm

      Thanks Grace, Its is a great way to use up pears or apples. I’ve just followed you on pinterest – your boards look great! Thanks for hosting 🙂

      Reply

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