Pear cake flavoured with ginger , honey and butter milk

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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 Butter4 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 essence1 teaspoon
Egg1
Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
Baking soda / soda bi carbonatea pinch
Butter milk 1/2 cup
Salt a pinch
Honey 2 tablespoons
Ginger grated 1/2 teaspoon
Pears2 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

  1. Grease a cake tin with little butter and dust with flour all around .
  2. Pre- heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius .
  3. 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 .
  4. Add this flour mix to the egg mixture and mix well .
  5. Incorporate the buttermilk and combine well .
  6. Finally add salt , honey , vanilla essence and grated ginger . Mix well . Pour the cake batter into the prepared greased cake tin .
  7. Arrange the pear slices in a decorative fan pattern and sprinkle sugar over them .
  8. 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 .
  9. Can substitute pears with apples , strawberries , mangoes etc