Caramelized Pear Cake

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 1 | Cook: 45min
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Caramelized pear cake is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the core fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 250 g flour
  • 150 g softened butter
  • 150 g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 4 pears (700 g)
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 100 g sugar

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Beat the softened butter with salt and sugar until fluffy, fold in the eggs, then stir in the flour and baking powder.

  2. 2.

    Peel, quarter, core, and cut the pears into long wedges.

  3. 3.

    Pour the batter into a greased pan.

  4. 4.

    Place the pear wedges on top of the batter and sprinkle with sugar.

  5. 5.

    Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 45 minutes.

  6. 6.

    Remove, let cool slightly, then take out of the pan and cool on a wire rack. Meanwhile, for the caramel layer, simmer the sugar with 1/8 l water over low heat until a brown caramel sauce forms. Pour this hot sauce over the cake and allow it to cool.