I had two sorry looking
pears staring in my face whenever I opened the fridge for something. Not
knowing any other way to put the over ripe pears to their best use, I decided upon
baking them one day. There were some apples too yelling at me in order to grab my
attention. Who likes to be tossed away in dustbin? So I incorporated both apple
and pears in my recipe. Must I mention on this pretext the vanilla pudding mix,
which I bought couple of months back for some reason I forgot, served usefully enhancing
the taste of the cake. You never know which thing comes useful when.
So my fridge remains usually stuffed with lot of unusual items. Since I abhor
wasting food, I make sure that everything in the pantry is used up on time.
Ingredients: Cooking
time: 1 hour 30 minutes
For the cake:
ü 1 apple (chopped)
ü 2 cups of all-purpose flour
ü 1 package (3.4 oz/ 100 gm) instant vanilla
pudding mix
ü 1 1/3 cup of sugar
ü 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
ü 1 tsp baking soda
ü 4 eggs
ü 1 cup oil or butter
ü 2 tbsp honey
ü 1 cup of milk
ü 1 tsp vanilla essence
For the caramelization:
ü 2 pears (cut into wedges)
ü 1 tbsp granulated sugar
ü 25 gm of butter
Method:
1) First of all, separate
the dry ingredients from the wet ones.
2) Mix in the wet and dry
ingredients separately in two bowls.
3) Using a hand blender
or an electric beater, whisk the wet ingredients - eggs, butter, honey, milk
and vanilla essence to a smooth frothy consistency.
4) Similarly combine the
dry ingredients - flour, sugar, vanilla pudding mix, baking powder and soda.
5) Now heat a non-stick
skillet on medium high. Add the amount of butter as mentioned under caramelization.
When butter begins to foam, add the sugar and stir it in till dissolved. Toss
in the pears and caramelize them uniformly as shown in the pic below:
6) Once pears are done
with caramelization, keep them aside to cool down while you get the cake
batter ready.
7) Pre-heat the oven to
350° F/180° C.
8) Fold the wet
ingredients gradually into the dry ingredients and incorporate till no speck
of flour is in sight.
9) Mix in the chopped
apple and stir in once. Grease a baking dish with required amount of butter
and flour.
10) Transfer the cake
batter to the baking dish. Carefully place the caramelized pears on top.
11) Bake the cake in oven
for about an hour till a toothpick inserted at the centre comes out clean.
12) Serve at room
temperature topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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