Mum loved a tea cake, she often made an apple tea cake or a pear one, kind of like this recipe..sometimes with dried figs or dates, it was actually really yum. I say this because admittedly she wasn’t the best cake maker out there, like me, she would often try to make a healthier version by reducing the sugar, not using white flour and changing the ingredients and therefore ending up with something that was a little more rock cake than cake, cake.
My Granny, mums, mum was the ultimate cake baker, she perfected the layered sponge cake, piled high with strawberries and cream. She would never skimp on the sugar or the eggs or the white flour, or the sifting of ingredients and thus wouldn’t you know, the end result was the perfect cake!
I’m sharing this spiced pear cake because it is surprisingly moist and delicious and not rock-like at all. I surprised myself when it turned out so good, even with an oven that is on the fritz. I think Mum would of loved this recipe too. And I hope you do as well.
Note// It does contain eggs, and I haven’t tried it with egg replacements as yet, but I’m sure it would still be delicious.
Pears are in season in Autumn in Australia and they are a great alternative to bake with instead of apples.
Here’s to making cakes no matter how they turn out.
Enjoy!
Spiced Almond and Pear Tea Cake
Ingredients
- 2 medium Eggs (organic and free range)
- 1.5 to 2 medium Pears (Peeled, cored and sliced into 8-10 pieces)
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar or coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup Olive oil, mild tasting
- 1/3 cup Coconut yoghurt, plain
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 cups Almond meal
- 1.5 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Fresh ginger, grated or finely chopped
- 3 Cardamom pods, seeds only, remove shell
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- Line a grease a springform round cake tin, (22cm)
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C
- Peel, core and slice the pears into 8-10 slices, and set aside
- In a medium bowl whisk together the eggs and brown sugar
- And then add in the coconut yoghurt, olive oil and vanilla, whisk well to combine
- Next add the almond meal, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cardamom seeds, mix well to combine
- Pour into prepared cake tin
- Arrange the pear slices in a circle on top of the cake mix, press the pears slightly into the mix.
- Place in the oven and bake for 45-50minutes, until golden brown on top and a skewer comes out clean
- Let the cake cool in the tin for 10mins or so and then serve with a cup of tea or coconut yoghurt.
