Pear & Almond Teacake Slices ©
About the Recipe
This little beauty is a touch of yum whilst not being overly sweet. The apple sauce and ground almonds work beautifully together in the cake mix. Topped with sliced pear, flaked almonds and some sugar to caramelise it a little
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
3 Medium Eggs (free-range)
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
3.5oz-100g Apple Sauce
11.2oz-320g Wholemeal Self-Raising Flour
1.6 fl oz-50ml Vegetable Oil
7oz-200g Golden Caster Sugar
3 tablespoon Ground Almonds
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Topping
3 Ripe Pears (peeled, cored and thinly sliced)
2 teaspoons Golden Caster Sugar
1.4oz-40g Flaked Almonds
Preparation
Pre-heat oven with an oven tray inside to 356f/180˚c regular oven or 320˚f /160˚c fan assisted oven. Grease a 20cm/8" square cake tin and set to one side
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs together with the sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla essence, ground almonds and apple sauce using an electric hand-whisk or stand mix
Add the sifted flour and baking powder and mix again
Pour the cake batter into the pre-prepared cake tin and smooth out evenly
Apply the topping by placing the slices of pear as a layer on top of the cake mix evenly
Follow by sprinkling the flaked almonds on top and finish by sprinkling the sugar on the top
Pop into the oven for 1 hour (or until you can insert a skewer into the middle and it comes out clean). Allow to cool in the tin before removing
Cut into slices and enjoy