Are you looking for an easy seasonal Autumn recipe to use up your pear harvest? Then look no further than this tasty pear crumble cake. Combining the best of a crumble, cake and seasonal pears. I adore this recipe.
5 from 17 votes
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 35 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course Bakes, Cakes, Dessert, Sweet Treats
Cuisine British, English, International
Servings 10slices
Calories 130kcal
Equipment
8inch cake tin
Ingredients
150gcaster sugar
150gunsalted butter
2large eggs
150gself-raising flour
quarter of a teaspoon baking powder
quarter of a teaspoon of cinnamon and ground ginger
2pears
100gchocolate chips
Crumble Topping
100gplain flour / all purpose flour
50gunsalted butter
50gcaster sugar
half a teaspooncinnamon
Instructions
Grease and line an 8 inch square cake tin (round works too).
Make the crumble topping first
Put the flour, butter and sugar in a bowl and rub together to form crumbs.
When the crumbs are made, stir in the cinnamon and put the bowl to one side.
Preheat the oven to 180º/160ºfan
In a bowl cream together the sugar and the butter.
Add the eggs and mix in well.
Sieve in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger in the bowl and mix.
Peel and chop the pear into 1cm cubes and mix in well. Add a little extra flour if the mixture turns too wet from the pear.
Add the chocolate chips.
Spoon the mix into the tin and bake for 25-35 minutes until the crumble is starts going golden brown and when there is no mixture on a cake tester.
Allow to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes then take out of the tin and transfer to a cooling wrack or plate. I love this cake when it’s still warm. It is nice with a little custard or cream.
Notes
Store in an air tight container in a cool place and it will last about 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal
Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
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