Pear Cake

Serves:

Ingredients

56

g

margarine

50

g

sugar

1

egg(s)

1

tsp

vanilla extract

56

g

flour

0.75

tsp

baking powder

0.5

tsp

ginger powder

1

pear(s)

Recipe submitted by: Paul, FoodCycle Cambridge volunteer

Equipment needed: Oven, mixing bowl & cake tin

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C fan/200°C non fan/gas mark 4.

  2. Peel and thinly slice the pears.

  3. Cream sugar and margarine, then beat in eggs and vanilla extract.

  4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and ginger powder, then combine with the wet mix to form the cake batter.

  5. Spread batter in a cake tin lined with baking parchment. Top with the sliced pears and sprinkle on some extra sugar.

  6. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.

Top Tips:

To make the cake vegan use dairy-free margarine, replace the eggs with pureed pears (this works with other fruit too, such as bananas, apples or apricots), increase the flour slightly and add an extra dash of baking powder.

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1 tbsp = 3 tsp= 15 ml
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