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Moist Pear Cake

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

175 g Butter; softened (6oz)
175 g Golden caster sugar; (6oz)
3 md Size eggs
1 ts Vanilla essence
3 Rocha pears; peeled, cored
-and
; chopped
175 g Self-raising flour; sifted
-(6oz)
50 g Deluxe dark chocolate; (2oz)
1 ts Icing sugar; sifted

Preheat the oven to 160?C/325?F/Gas Mark 3.

Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.

Gradually beat in the eggs, mixing well between each addition. Stir in the
vanilla essence and pears.

Fold in the flour, then spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 1 litre (2
pint) ring tin or a deep 20cm (8 inch) cake tin.

Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 50 minutes - 1 hour, until
golden and firm to the touch.

Allow to stand in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack
until cold.

Melt the chocolate and drizzle over the cake. When set, dredge with icing
sugar.

See also:
Previous recipe Moist Lemon Cake
Next recipe Moist Pie Crust Mix

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