Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 40 – 50 minutes
Serving : 8 members
Description
Pear cake flavoured with honey , ginger and butter milk . A recipe I came across in a magazine . I just love fruits in my cakes . This recipe did take me straight to the pear cake I never miss out while on my visit to kodaikanal in daily bread , pastry corner . They bake their goodies every day , fresh with limited stock .if luck favours you on your visit , you get fresh baked goodies or else it’s sold out and the pastry shop is empty . Their pear cake is much sought after one.having a lot of fresh pears in hand from my head over heels madness in Bangalore . Tried my hands on this recipe of pear cake Inspired to bake on a damp , drizzling day . My home was filled with an aromatic flavour of pear and cake together . the cake was moist , soft and melt in your mouth with crunchy pear pieces on the top .gratifyingly delicious , tasted exactly like kodai pastry corner’s pear cake . Excited about the out come of the cake did post the pictures in all the food groups I am a part of in the world wide net . Recipe requests poured in so had to post this cake recipe here today ( I wanted to post red velvet cake but it can wait right ) . This cake recipe is apt for home – bakers . My hubby and myself almost had more than a slice for every meal :-))
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Soft Butter | 4 tablespoons + little to grease the cake tin |
| All purpose flour / maida | 1 cup + extra to dust the cake tin |
| Sugar | 1/2 cup ( measure and powder ) + little to sprinkle on top of the pears |
| Vanilla essence | 1 teaspoon |
| Egg | 1 |
| Baking powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Baking soda / soda bi carbonate | a pinch |
| Butter milk | 1/2 cup |
| Salt | a pinch |
| Honey | 2 tablespoons |
| Ginger grated | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Pears | 2 peeled and thinly sliced ( do this in the last minute before you lay the pear slices over the top of cake batter , to avoid dis - colouring of pears ) |
Method
- Grease a cake tin with little butter and dust with flour all around .
- Pre- heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius .
- Beat butter and powdered sugar together till pale and fluffy . ( I used an electric egg beater ) Add the egg and beat well . Sift the flour , baking powder and baking salt together .
- Add this flour mix to the egg mixture and mix well .
- Incorporate the buttermilk and combine well .
- Finally add salt , honey , vanilla essence and grated ginger . Mix well . Pour the cake batter into the prepared greased cake tin .
- Arrange the pear slices in a decorative fan pattern and sprinkle sugar over them .
- Bake in the pre – heated oven for 35 -40 minutes or more until a tooth pick or skewer inserted in the Center comes out clean . ( my cake took 50 minutes to be cooked ) once cooked , cool .cut into wedges , Serve warm or at room temperature as it is .
- Can substitute pears with apples , strawberries , mangoes etc
