Spiced pear cake
May 3, 2020 at 9:48 am,
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Hello everyone!Today's bake is a spiced pear cake full of delicious goodness! Made with light spelt flour and spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, this cake is a perfect accompaniment with a warm cup of tea!
Ingredients:
- 272 g of light spelt flour (plain flour does the trick also!)
- 2 heaped teaspoons baking powder
- 120 ml of light olive oil
- 50 ml of maple syrup
- 50 ml of honey (I used lavender scented honey)
- 50 g of light packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 2.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 2 sliced pears (for decoration on top)
- 40 g of vanilla yogurt ( I used Greek vanilla yogurt, 2% fat - this helps keep your cake moist)
- 100 ml of milk
Method:
- Preheat your oven at 165 degrees Celsius
- Add the dry ingredients together in a bowl and mix together (flour, spices, baking powder)
- In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients, including the honey, maple syrup, sugar, yogurt, milk etc. until homogeneous.
- Add the wet to the dry ingredients and mix together until a thick batter forms.
- Spread out in your spring-form pan and add the sliced pears on top (decorate as desired)
- Bake for around 20-30 minutes depending on your oven.
- Once cooled, you may serve the cake with a dollop of creme fraiche accompanied with a brewing cup of black tea!