Country-style Pear Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 125 g unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup apricot jam
• 2 pears

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 grease a deep, 20 cm round cake tin and line with baking paper.
• 3 with electric beaters, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy.
• 4 add eggs one at a time stirring after each one.
• 5 add essence and beat until combined.
• 6 with a metal spoon, fold in flour and cinnamon alternatively with the milk.
• 7 stir until just combined and mixture is almost smooth.
• 8 transfer mixture into prepared tin.
• 9 peel pears and cut into quarters lengthwise.
• 10 press pieces gently into cake mixture along the sides of the tin having the narrow part of the pear pieces facing the centre of the cake.
• 11 gently warm apricot jam and drizzle over cake and pear and bake in the oven for about 55 minutes.
• 12 some ovens may be a little different so keep an eye on it after 45 minutes of cooking.
• 13 pears are very moist and some cakes may take a little longer.
• 14 turn the heat down if this happens so the cake does not burn.
• 15 leave in the tin for about 10 minutes after cooked and then turn a rack to cool.