Dessert Recipes - Norwegian Pear Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 eggs

• 250g/1 cup caster sugar

• 95g/1/2 cup butter, plus extra for greasing

• 150ml/2/3 cup milk]

• 180g/1 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

• 15ml/1 tbsp baking powder

• 6 pears, sliced

• classic custard sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Beat the eggs and 225g/1 cup of the sugar together until thick and pale. Melt the butter in the milk and bring to the boil. Pour into the eggs and sugar.

2. Sift the flour and baking powder over the surface and fold in with a metal spoon. Turn into a buttered roasting tin.

3. Arrange the pear slices over and sprinkle with the remaining sugar.

4. Bake in a preheated oven at 200C/400F/gas mark 6 for about 25 minutes or until risen and cooked through.

5. Serve warm, cut into squares, with classic custard sauce.