Whole Pear and Blackberry Cake

Posted 2015-07-12 by finy ⇒ follow

This unusual combination of tastes is quite a spectacular-looking cake, and the taste is even better!

The pears add such delightful flavour to the cake and blackberries with their crunchiness, making it one of my nicer cakes; and it is indeed healthier, as I used three whole pears in it.

There is little sugar in this recipe and only one egg, but I just HAD to clean out the dish, as I love the raw dough.

Once again, I have used coconut sugar, as it is not refined, but you could substitute ordinary caster sugar.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Makes: 6 - 8 servings

Ingredients
3 small pears
80 g unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup coconut sugar
1 egg
1½ cups self raising flour
½ cup milk
½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup (or slightly more) frozen blackberries
Double cream, to serve (optional)

Method

Preheat the oven to 160° fan forced.

Line a loaf pan with baking paper, bringing it up the sides.

Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla with an electric or hand-held electric mixer.

Add the egg, and beat.

Add the flour and cinnamon.

Chop the blackberries while still frozen.