Italian Pear Cake

This easy pear cake recipe, is a simple Italian cake that is perfect served as an afternoon snack cake, morning breakfast cake or even as a dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, dollop of fresh whipping cream or with clotted cream! Made with mascarpone and fresh pears it is lovely any time of the day!

This easy pear cake is the perfect go to cake recipe. It is moist and delicious, you will want to make it over and over again. Made with simple cake ingredients and ripe but firm pears

Ingredients:

• 185g plain flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 43g corn flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 150g sugar
• 225g mascarpone, room temperature
• 2½ tbsp vegetable oil or sunflower oil
• 2 medium pears, ripe but firm

Method:

Preheat the oven to 170ºC/160ºC for fan assist oven. Lightly grease and flour an 8 inch spring-form cake tin.

Clean and peel the pears, one pear chop into medium-sized cubes and the other pear slice into thin slices, set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, corn flour, baking powder and baking soda.

At medium speed, beat eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until creamy approximately 2 -3 minutes, add the mascarpone and continue beating until smooth.

Stir in with wooden spoon the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, stir gently to combine, then add the oil and stir to combine.

Fold in the medium-sized cubed pear, spoon into prepared cake pan. Top with sliced pears and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.

Bake approximately 45-50 minutes, or until the skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake completely then serve.

Enjoy!!!