Ginger Pear Cake
An aromatic and tender dessert with moderate moisture. Apples can be used instead of pears, however, pears are recommended (preferably Packham or other varieties that are not too soft). The combination of fresh ginger for aroma and ground ginger for taste makes this recipe special.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- butter 120 g
- eggs 3
- sugar 120-150 g
- vanilla sugar 10 g
- dried ginger 1 tsp
- ginger root
- baking powder 10 g
- flour 250-300 g
- pears 400 g
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Instructions
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Peel the ginger root and grate it on a fine grater (1 tsp will be needed).
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Core the pears and chop them into cubes.
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Cream the butter with vanilla sugar and regular sugar.
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Add eggs to the mixture.
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Mix thoroughly.
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Add fresh and dried ginger.
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Mix the mixture.
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Fold chopped pears into the batter.
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Mix again.
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Stir in flour and baking powder, then mix.
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Prepare a baking pan (size 25x10 and height 7 cm) by greasing it with butter or lining it with parchment paper. Transfer the batter into the pan and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40–45 minutes.
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The finished cake can be drizzled with sugar glaze.
