Pear and ginger cake

Serves: 12

Time to make: 1 min

Ingredients

spray oil, for greasing
1kg pears, peeled, thinly sliced
zest and juice 1 lemon
4 eggs
¼ cup Splenda (sweetener)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
¼ cup low-fat unsweetened yoghurt
¼ cup canola oil
1 cup unsweetened apple purée
¾ cup wholemeal flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
70g ground almonds
¼ cup oat bran
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ cup glace ginger, chopped

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Instructions

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1 Preheat oven to 170ºC. Lightly grease a 23cm springform cake tin with spray oil.

2 Mix pears with lemon zest and juice in a bowl.

3 In another bowl, whisk eggs, Splenda and vanilla essence. Mix in yoghurt, oil and apple purée, then add sifted flour, baking powder, ground almonds and oat bran. Stir until smooth but do not over-mix.

4 Arrange half the pears across the bottom of the tin, pour over half the batter, then sprinkle over ginger. Add remaining pears and top with remaining batter.

5 Bake for 50 minutes, then turn heat down to 160ºC. Cook for a further 20-30 minutes. If the top looks like it is overcooking, cover with foil. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from tin.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 208 cal

Kilojoules 870 kJ

Protein 5 g

Total fat 10 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 25 g

Sugar 16 g

Dietary fibre 3 g

Sodium 70 mg

Calcium 50 mg

Iron 1.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.