How To Make Gingerbread With Spiced Pears
Gingerbread With Spiced Pears Recipe. A light flavoursome ginger cake containing moist, spiced pears. Delight in our Gingerbread With Spiced Pears recipe.
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Step 1:
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You will need
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Step 2:
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Preheat the oven
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Set the temperature to 165ºC (330ºF/ gas mark 3).
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Step 3:
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Make the pears
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Warm the frying pan over a high heat. When hot add 15g of butter followed by the chopped pears and cook for a minute. Turn the pears over and cook for a further minute. Sprinkle in the five-spice, mix well, toss to coat the pears and remove them from the frying pan.
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Step 4:
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Beat the butter and sugar
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Put the sugar and butter in the mixer bowl and begin mixing on a medium speed.
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Step 5:
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Add the maple syrup and eggs
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When the butter and sugar and well combined slowly pour in the maple syrup and continue mixing. Add one egg, incorporate it into the mixture and then add the other.
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Step 6:
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Add the dry ingredients
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Add the baking soda, salt and flour and mix thoroughly. It may be necessary to scrape the sides to ensure that all the flour is incorporated.
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Step 7:
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Add the sour cream and ginger
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Blend in the sour cream and ginger and remove the bowl from the mixer.
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Step 8:
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Stir in the pears
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Fold the pears into the mixture and pour it into a buttered baking tin.
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Step 9:
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Bake
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Place the tin in the centre of the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes.
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Step 10:
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Remove from the oven
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Insert a skewer into the centre of the gingerbread. If it is clean when removed then the cake is ready. Take it out of the oven and leave to cool down.
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Step 11:
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Serve
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When cool, remove the gingerbread from the baking tin and serve sliced as it is or with butter.