Name: Easy pear cake recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 300g self-raising flour; 315g caster sugar; ½ tsp salt; 2 eggs; 185ml vegetable oil; 185ml buttermilk; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 pears, cored, cut into thin wedges; Cinnamon sugar, to sprinkle

by Amira Georgy Last updated on 06/21/2022

No electric or hand-held beaters required! Just a bowl and a whisk. This moist one-bowl wonder is an absolute cinch to make. I used Packham pears for this recipe, but you can use Beurre Bosc or Corella pears. Instead of pear, you could also use Granny Smith or Pink Lady apples. - Amira Georgy

Ingredients

300g self-raising flour
315g caster sugar
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
185ml vegetable oil
185ml buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 pears, cored, cut into thin wedges
Cinnamon sugar, to sprinkle

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Grease and line a 22cm round cake pan with baking paper.
Step 2

Whisk flour, caster sugar and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Add eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla and whisk until just combined.
Step 3

Pour into prepared pan and level top. Top with pear slices, slightly overlapping. Bake for 1 hour 5 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Step 4

Cool cake completely in pan. Transfer cake to a serving plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve.