Name: Pear and almond cake with passionfruit glaze
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Passionfruit glaze; 1/3 cup (80ml) passionfruit pulp; 1/3 cup (80ml) light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon caster sugar; 185 gram butter, chopped; 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cup (180g) ground almonds; 1/4 cup (35g) plain flour; 420 gram pear halves in natural juice, drained

Ingredients

Passionfruit glaze

1/3 cup (80ml) passionfruit pulp

1/3 cup (80ml) light corn syrup

1 tablespoon caster sugar

185 gram butter, chopped

1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar

3 eggs

1 1/2 cup (180g) ground almonds

1/4 cup (35g) plain flour

420 gram pear halves in natural juice, drained

Method

1.To make passionfruit glaze, stir ingredients in small saucepan over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, without stirring, about 2 minutes or until thickened slightly. Cool.

2.Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). Grease a 22cm springform tin and line base and side with baking paper.

3.Beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in ground nuts and flour. Spread mixture into pan; top with pear halves.

4.Bake cake about 50 minutes. Stand cake in pan 15 minutes, then turn cake, top-side up, onto wire rack. Pour passionfruit glaze over cake.

You will need about 4 passionfruit for this recipe.
Note

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