Pear and Blueberry Cake

Pear and Blueberry Cake

Lovely combination of fruit flavours. You don't have to wait until this cake is cold before slicing. If you don't have blueberries why not try using raisins!

Preparation Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Portions 10
Skill Level Easy
Average Rating 5 stars
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Ingredients

450 grams Allinsons Wholemeal Self Raising Flour Sifted
1 pinch Salt
250 grams Butter Diced
350 grams Billington's Golden Granulated Sugar
4 Eggs Large sized, beaten
4 Pears Peeled, cored and sliced
200 grams Blueberries
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Method

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  1. Preheat the oven to 190 C/ fan 180 C/ gas mark 5. Grease and base line a 20 cm round cake tin
  2. Rub together the flour, salt and butter until they look like breadcrumbs. Add 250g sugar and the beaten egg and stir.
  3. Spoon half the mix in the bottom of the tin, top with the sliced pears and the blueberries, keeping a few slices of pear and a few blueberries back. Sprinkle with some of the remaining sugar. Spoon over the remaining cake mix. Place the remaining fruit on top pressing down slightly, and finish off the left over sugar.
  4. Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool and remove from the tin. method tip
  5. Serve warm or cold.
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"excellent recipe, so easy to make, and delicious... makes as great pudding with custard n extra blueberries on the side.. thanks"

16-10-2009 | Author: barondtuft | 5 stars

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