Pear & Walnut Spice Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
150g butter softened
1 1/4 cups caster sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/12 cups plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup pear juice (I couldn't find pear juice...so I used a bottle of something with pear in it)*shrug*
2 large packham pears diced roughly
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup sultanas
2 tsp ground mixed spice
2 tbsp honey and some extra to serve
Recipe
Cream butter and sugar in a medium bowl till light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift all dry ingredients and gently fold into butter mixture alternately with pear juice. Stir in walnuts+sultanas+pears until well combined. Spoon mixture into greased 9inch round springform pan/ or equivalent and smooth the top with the back of a spoon. Bake in 170 degree oven for 1 hour or until skewer comes out clean.
Remove from oven and brush honey over the top of the cake. Frost if you wish. If you don't, serve hot with an extra drizzle of honey! Dig in!
Frosting:
100g cream cheese
1tbsp honey
1 tsp ground cinnanmon
Beat till smooth and fluffy. Spread onto cake only after the center has completely cooled.
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