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Pear and ginger cake

  • Time to make: 1 min
  • Serving: 12 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

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
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    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.

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