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Pear, Raspberry & Amaretto Cake

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Pear, Raspberry & Amaretto Cake
June 23, 2014
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Pear, Raspberry & Amaretto Cake

This cake came about as I didn’t have certain ingredients in the recipe at home. It was a pretty cake that I wanted to make, but I didn’t have this, or that and I didn’t want to go and spend money on booze… or quite frankly, leave the house. So I just used what I could find around the house to make the recipe work, and then BOOM. This baby was born. A damn, mighty fine tasting baby at that too. Something about the Amaretto that makes it incredibly moreish.  

Editing these photos, I realised, some chunks of dark chocolate would have made this cake even better. Maybe when you make it, you should add some in πŸ˜‰

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Pear, Raspberry & Amaretto Cake

100g unsalted butter, chopped softened
165g brown sugar
2 eggs
200g yoghurt
200g self-raising flour
100g ground almonds
ΒΎ tsp bicarbonate of soda
160ml Amaretto
7 firm pears, peeled
150g fresh or frozen raspberries

Crumble Topping
2 tbs self-raising flour
75g ground hazelnuts
ΒΌ tsp ground cloves
100g cold unsalted butter, chopped
55g raw sugar
55g blanched almonds, halved, lightly roasted

1. To make crumble, place all ingredients except blanched almonds in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub in butter until mixture forms small clumps. Stir in blanched almonds, then refrigerate until needed.

2. Preheat oven to 170Β°C. Grease a 26cm springform pan, then line the base with baking paper. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each addition is just combined. Beat in yoghurt until just combined. Sift the flour with ground almonds, bicarbonate of soda and Β½ teaspoon salt over batter; don’t stir yet. Add Amaretto, then stir until ingredients are just combined.

3. Quarter pears, then, using a knife, cut out the core. Place pears upright around the edge of the pan to form a snug ring. (Use a couple of small glasses to hold the pears in place while you are positioning them; you may have a couple of pieces left over depending on their size.)

4. Spoon half the batter into the centre of the pan, dot with half the raspberries, then spoon over the remaining batter. Level batter within pear ring; batter will spread between the pears when the cake is baked. Scatter over crumble, also scattering between pears. Bake for 30 minutes on the bottom shelf of the oven. Cover with a sheet of baking paper to prevent over-browning, then bake for a further 30 minutes. Scatter over remaining raspberries and bake for a further 10 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

5. Cool cake in pan for 2 hours. Serve warm or at room temperature with cream if desired.

Comments

17 comments on “Pear, Raspberry & Amaretto Cake
  1. angela@mykikicake

    Such a beautiful looking cake, and I can imagine it tastes lovely as well.

    Reply
    June 23, 2014 at 10:32 pm
  2. Padaek

    Looks wonderful – love the quartered pears around the sides looking like towers – actually, the whole cake looks like a big open sun flower. πŸ™‚ Ooh – dark chocolate in it would be lovely too.

    Reply
    June 23, 2014 at 11:23 pm
    • Bryan

      You described it perfectly… it does look like an opened sunflower!! I wouldn’t have thought of leaving the stems of the pears on, which gave such a pretty effect. Mmmmm…

      Reply
      June 24, 2014 at 7:08 am
  3. Gourmet Getaways

    Looks good enough for me! I will perhaps try with and without dark chocs. Thanks for sharing!

    Julie
    Gourmet Getaways

    Reply
    June 23, 2014 at 11:46 pm
  4. Irene

    That’s one gorgeous cake! Love the moody captures, I bet it tastes lovely with or without the chocolate mmm

    Reply
    June 24, 2014 at 12:29 am
  5. Helen (Grab Your Fork)

    Yum! Love a cake with a crumble topping! And I reckon dark chocolate would be an awesome addition too πŸ™‚

    Reply
    June 24, 2014 at 1:27 am
  6. Laura (Blogging Over Thyme)

    The light in your photos is just spectacular! And this cake looks amazing. Love the pears on the outside border, such a clever idea. Do you use a photo filter? Just curious! Thanks!

    Reply
    June 24, 2014 at 2:57 am
  7. Vanny @Nessy Eater

    Love how the pears look like they are protecting the crumble center πŸ˜€

    Reply
    June 25, 2014 at 11:54 pm
  8. kellie@foodtoglow

    What a beautiful cake! I do something kind of similar but not in any way as stunning as this. Really lovely. I saw this on some Russian blog post where something of mine was featured (without permission!).

    Reply
    July 1, 2014 at 2:31 am
  9. msihua

    Wow! Spectacular. I love the fact that you used chunks of pears as the shell. Brilliant!

    Reply
    July 1, 2014 at 9:55 pm
  10. Winston

    Yaaaaaaay cake! I’ve honestly never seen any cake like it — how clever! I love crumble elements on anything, desserts or savoury dishes. My kinda cake. Caaaaaake.

    Reply
    July 1, 2014 at 10:47 pm
  11. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

    This cake has everything I love. Cake, crumble, fruit – it’s a winner, m’dear!

    Reply
    July 3, 2014 at 9:46 pm
  12. Mardi

    This looks beautiful and delicious! Everything I love in a cake (including yoghurt!) πŸ™‚

    Reply
    July 29, 2014 at 1:21 pm
  13. @mardic7

    This looks beautiful…and delicous!
    Everything I love in a cake (including yoghurt) πŸ™‚

    Reply
    July 29, 2014 at 1:22 pm
  14. Jess Jo

    I would love to bake this cake – it looks absoloutely gorgeous! I just love your photography.

    Question: Can I substitute Amaretto for espresso coffee?

    Reply
    July 13, 2015 at 12:24 am

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