It’s the cake I get asked to make again and again. Looks beautiful
and tastes gorgeous. Enjoy!
125g butter 2/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs 1/2 cup lite sour cream
1 1/4 cups SR Flour 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 or 4 pears
Toffee Topping
2/3 cup white sugar 1/4 cup water 1/4 boiling water
Make topping first. Combine sugar and 1/4 cup of water on a saucepan. Stir until sugar dissolves.Bring to the boil without stirring until it turns golden brown.
Remove from heat and carefully add the boiling water. It tends to spit. Stir until smooth and pour into a greased 22 cm cake tin.
Peel and core the pears and cut in half, lay them flat side down into the toffee in the cake tin.
Beat butter and sugar together using an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Add eggs and beat until combined. Mix in the sour cream. Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and fold into the wet mixture. Spoon the cake mixture over the pears and spread evenly.
Bake for 55 minutes in a 180 degree oven.
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