Name: Spiced pear cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 250 gram butter, at room temperature; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1/4 cup golden syrup; 1 1/3 cup plain flour; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 3 teaspoon mixed spice; 1/4 cup hot water; 2 medium pears; icing sugar, to dust; bought vanilla custard, to serve

Ingredients

250 gram butter, at room temperature

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup golden syrup

1 1/3 cup plain flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

3 teaspoon mixed spice

1/4 cup hot water

2 medium pears

icing sugar, to dust

bought vanilla custard, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease and line a 30 x 20cm (base measurement) slice pan with baking paper, extending paper at long sides for handles.

2.Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a small bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs, one by one, until combined. Stir in golden syrup, then transfer mixture to a large bowl.

3.Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice over butter mixture. Add hot water, stirring until just combined. Spread mixture into prepared pan; smooth surface.

4.Peel, core and quarter pears. Slice thinly. Arrange pear, overlapping slightly, over cake mixture in pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Remove cake from oven, then stand in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. Serve with custard.

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