PEAR AND ALMOND CAKE WITH PASSIONFRUIT GLAZE

PEAR  AND  ALMOND  CAKE  WITH  PASSIONFRUIT  GLAZE:

You will need about four passionfruit for this recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

185g  butter, chopped
1/2  cup (110g) caster sugar
3  eggs
1-1/2  cups (180g) almond meal
1/4  cup (35g) plain flour
420g  can pear halves in natural juice, drained

Passionfruit glaze
1/3  cup (80ml) passionfruit pulp
1/3  cup (80ml) light corn syrup
1  tablespoon caster sugar

METHOD:

• Make passionfruit glaze.
• Preheat oven to moderately slow (170C/150C  fan-forced). Grease 22cm springform tin; line base and side with baking paper.
• Beat butter and sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined between each addition. Stir in almond meal and flour.
• Spread mixture into pan; top with pear halves. Bake about 50 minutes. Stand cake 5 minutes, then turn cake, top-side up, onto wire rack. Pour passionfruit glaze over cake.

Passionfruit glaze- Stir ingredients in small saucepan over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, without stirring, about 2 minutes or until thickened slightly; cool.

Preparation time-30 minutes

Cooking time- 50 minutes

Serves  10

Tip -The cake and glaze can be made a day ahead; refrigerate, covered separately, until required.