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Ginger Pear Cake

November 25, 2014 by Stacey 24 Comments

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Another weekday lunchbox/afternoon tea offering. Simple, delicious, cup of tea mandatory.

Unless you’re my kids, in which case you’ll want milk in a Peter Rabbit cup and then fight over which Peter Rabbit cup you get.

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You can ice, but I don’t bother. I don’t even dust gently with icing sugar or whatever it is you’re meant to do. I imagine eating this cake in big chunks on a rocky shore with a bottle of lemonade and some hardboiled eggs, but then I’ve read too much Enid Blyton.

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Eat it. You’ll like it. Rocky shore optional.

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Ginger Pear Cake - very simple and delicious way of using up pears that are about to turn // www.theveggiemama.com

Ginger Pear Cake

★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
  • Author: Stacey Roberts | Veggie Mama
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: one cake 1x
  • Category: Baking
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Australian
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Description

Excellent for lunchboxes and pretend Famous Five picnics.


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Ingredients

  • 125g softened butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 2 Large pears, peeled, cored, and diced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1.5 cups plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder (heaped)
  • 1/2 cup milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the sugar.
  3. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition.
  4. Add the ginger, the molasses, and the pears. Fold in gently.
  5. Fold in the baking powder mixed with the plain flour and stir a few times. Add the milk before it’s all totally incorporated.
  6. Grease and flour a round cake tin and add batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes until top springs back when pressed, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  7. Get some lemonade or a dog named Timmy.

Keywords: ginger cake, pear cake, gingerbread, pear gingerbread, ginger tea cake, pear tea cake

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Comments

  1. Clare Davis Etheridge says

    November 25, 2014 at 5:11 am

    Ohhh, I see ginger pear cake in my near future. Looks yum!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:49 pm

      Lemme know if you do it!

      Reply
  2. sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says

    November 25, 2014 at 7:46 am

    Looks delish. Ginger and pear are such a wicked combo! Nom!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:49 pm

      It was a last minute addition, but a welcome one 🙂

      Reply
  3. Rebecca says

    November 25, 2014 at 8:27 am

    This looks amazing! And as someone who was also a compulsive Enid Blyton reader, I’m totally sold over 🙂
    With the ginger, are you using ground (dried), or fresh grated? x

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      November 26, 2014 at 10:15 am

      ground dried!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth@thebackyardlemontree says

    November 25, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Looks great, when your girls get a bit older you should definitely introduce them to the Famous Five they have made a big comeback amongst seven to nine-year-olds. My son absolutely loved reading them.

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:48 pm

      Oh I cannot wait! I’ve saved all the ones I’ve collected over the years 🙂

      Reply
  5. Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says

    November 25, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Hehe I think I’ll choose the lemonade… one dog is enough at our house! I love these sorts of cake – simple and delicious. Perfect with a cuppa!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:48 pm

      Hahah we don’t have a dog so there’s still time…

      Reply
  6. Tina Lacy says

    November 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    This look yummy I want to make it but what is molasses?

    Reply
    • Lilybett and Boy says

      November 25, 2014 at 8:04 pm

      It’s a sugarcane by product, Tina, less refined than golden syrup. It’s usually called treacle, I think… mostly call it molasses for when you feed it to horses and such. I think you could substitute golden syrup or honey or rice malt syrup but it doesn’t have quite the same depth of flavour.

      Reply
      • Veggie Mama says

        November 26, 2014 at 10:17 am

        Thanks girl! Treacle is the UK, molasses is the US. I’d go golden syrup for this recipe (but I love using molasses as it’s quite high in iron. Plus it tastes like real gingerbread!)

        Reply
  7. The Plumbette says

    November 25, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    I might make this with apples. 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      November 26, 2014 at 10:15 am

      Go on witcho’ bad self!

      Reply
  8. Helen Edwards says

    November 27, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    love it. love pears. love Enid. Let’s be the famous five and go jolly hockey sticks 🙂

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm

      PERFECT. I’m in!

      Reply
  9. Christina Howes says

    November 30, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    I just wanted to write and say thank you for this recipe! I absolutely love it. I used freshly grated ginger (as it’s what I had) and it turned out great. It’s a new family favourite!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      December 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm

      Oh dude, I’m so stoked to hear that! And thanks for making it with fresh ginger, now when people ask me if that’s what they can use, I can say YES!

      Reply
  10. Tina Lacy says

    September 7, 2015 at 11:51 am

    I have made this twice in less that a week, a) because it tastes so good and b) on night shift you sometimes just need cake!

    Reply
    • Veggie Mama says

      September 7, 2015 at 11:58 am

      Haha I’ll totally agree – night shift always needs a special treat!

      Reply
  11. Rebecca says

    September 25, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    I made this and had to come back to comment- this is SO GOOD!
    I had medium sized pears so I used three instead of two and it came out very moist and I love the ginger. For those in the states, the 125 grams of butter converts to a little over 8 tablespoons. Hope that helps someone! I will be adding this to my stash of go-to recipes

    ★★★★★

    Reply

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