Anjou pear cake

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• lucimakesfabcake

  2010-09-30 10:34:18.328881

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  I made this cake as a sunday lunch dessert, it was beautiful! Very tasty and moist, i've had many requests for it agian :)

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• Sarah

  2010-10-13 12:41:41.104769

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  Gorgeous cake!! Was at a loss to know what to do with some pears that my son just refused to eat!! I hope that we have some more pears that don't meet with his approval soon!

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• MagsT

  2010-11-07 16:49:29.373208

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  I made this recently, but was a bit disappointed there didn't seem to be enough cake mixture in proportion to the pears, so I didn't think you could taste the cake very well.

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• zoe

  2010-12-03 16:57:08.427035

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  utterly scrummy, my partner made this recently and it was an eyes bigger than my tummy cake!

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• lindsey martin

  2010-12-03 21:16:54.900924

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  This was just exquisite. Used the optional pear liqueur as randomly happened to have some. Did not bother with glaze but just used icing sugar. Served with half fat creme fraiche. It was light and not too filling. Quantity of other ingredients to pears was fine.

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• EllenProckter

  2010-12-21 23:02:14.839976

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  I loved this but thought it was more of a cafouti than a cake. Used rum rather than pear liqueur - excellent. Just used 10 more grams of four.

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• Hilary Paton

  2011-02-10 16:26:10.657129

  Hilary Paton rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely perfect cake. Best with not too ripe pears, when just right for eating. I assumed it was supposed to be quite thin, as it looked quite shallow in the dish adn as if there were too many pears, but it tasted amazing, quite nice to have lots of fruit. its was big hit with the husband.

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• Claire

  2011-03-13 18:00:24.946652

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  Cooked this for the in-laws and it went down so well that they polished off the leftovers between them with plenty of creme fraiche! Beautifully moist and full of flavour - can't wait to make it again.

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• sheenahorgan

  2011-05-19 19:34:10.995304

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  Fabulous! Loved by kids and grown ups, very easy. Added vanilla too - yum !

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• bouncingzed

  2011-08-17 11:04:27.093207

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  Fabulous cake, I made mine with 300g pears and 200g blackberries, wonderful!

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• bouncingzed

  2011-08-17 12:23:09.854963

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• Nargis

  2011-09-03 08:28:38.638715

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• mandy

  2011-09-30 18:41:50.415558

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  Dead easy to make and equally easy to eat! Absolutely delicious. Just made it for the second time at hubby's request.

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• fay

  2011-10-04 08:45:29.54773

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  Very easy to make and tasted delicious even without the topping or creme fraiche

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• mylittlepony

  2011-10-12 18:51:22.579242

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  Very easy to make and tastes delicious. I've made this twice now and have one in the oven as I type. It's proven very popular with my family and great for using up over-ripe fruit. I've just added an apple and sultanas so am hoping for a great result again.

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• Eloise Blue

  2011-11-22 16:45:21.957309

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• ingridbraad

  2012-01-06 19:32:32.242531

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• EJP1170

  2012-01-23 10:35:40.107688

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  Delicious. Made this about a dozen times now with various fruits from the garden and allotment and everyone a winner. Left out liqueur as never had any, and the glaze is unnecessary. Made a softfruit compote to go with a couple of times when used as a dessert when friends are round. Wonderful way to use up the various gluts of fruit you tend to get when you grow your own. Would recommend this recipe any time.

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• hm

  2012-04-04 19:28:49.088061

  hm rated and commented on this recipe

  

  have been making this for a while now, always goes down well, even if people dont like pears, have not used the alcohol or a glaze, if pears are very ripe may need a touch more flour, but still needs to be a bit sloppy, once used up some left over ground almonds, also very good, for the people who complain that there is too much fruit and not enough 'cake' i think that is the point, makes it a bit healthier and very light, also nice with ice cream I expect it could be done with other fruit ie apples, but not tried as really like the pears, the hardest (if you can call it hard) is cutting up the pears!! go on give it a try, HM

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• Kalmia

  2012-04-15 22:26:41.304409

  Kalmia commented on this recipe

  Made this today and it went down a treat. Instead of a jam glaze I used chocolate. Break up a large bar of chococlate into small pieces. Turn the oven off when the cake is cooked, scatter the chocolate pieces on the top of the cake a pop it back in the oven for a couple of minutes to melt the chocolate. The chocolate can then be spread to cover the top with knife. Leave to cool so the chocolate sets hard...or if you are impatient like we were eat with the chocolate still warm and runny. Yum!

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Ingredients

• 50g butter , melted, plus extra for the tin
• 500g ripe buttery pears , peeled, cored and roughly chopped
• juice 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp poire William liqueur (optional)
• 75g plain flour
• 1 heaped tsp baking powder
• 75g caster sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 2 tbsp apricot jam , for the glaze
• icing sugar , for dusting
• crème fraîche , to serve

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 50 mins

Ingredients

• 50g butter , melted, plus extra for the tin
• 500g ripe buttery pears , peeled, cored and roughly chopped
• juice 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp poire William liqueur (optional)
• 75g plain flour
• 1 heaped tsp baking powder
• 75g caster sugar
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 2 tbsp apricot jam , for the glaze
• icing sugar , for dusting
• crème fraîche , to serve

Per serving

191 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 22g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 2g, sugar 13g, salt 0.55 g

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