- 200g soft butter
- 100g sugar
- 100g soft brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 balls stem ginger in syrup, drained and chopped
- 2 pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
- handful of sultanas
- 2 tbsp ground almonds
- 2 tsp spice (ginger / cinnamon / allspice etc)
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
- chop the pear and mix with the sultanas, almonds, stem ginger and spices.
- Beat the butter and sugars together until pale,
- gradually stir in the eggs
- Fold the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into the mix,
- stir through the pear mixture
- Pour the mixture into the square silicone pan and smooth the surface,
- bake for 1 hr – 1 hr 10 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the tin.
- Serve warm with cream, or allow to cool completely.