Name: Cinnamon and pear crumble tea cake
Prep time: 44 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 119 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 200g unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 free-range eggs; 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 beurre bosc pear, thinly sliced, plus extra, thinly sliced, to serve; Double cream and honey, to serve; CRUMBLE TOPPING; 2 Tbsp plain flour, sifted; 25g unsalted butter, chilled, chopped; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 Tbsp natural sliced almonds

Cinnamon and pear crumble tea cake

Tea-time is sorted!

Serves 6

Prep

44M

Cook

1H 15M

Total

1H 59M

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Layer thinly sliced pears and an irresistible crumble on top of this spiced cake for a stunner that looks trickier than it is. Add cream and voilà – your afternoon cuppa and cake are sorted!

Ingredients

200g unsalted butter, softened

1 cup caster sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 free-range eggs

2 cups self-raising flour, sifted

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 beurre bosc pear, thinly sliced, plus extra, thinly sliced, to serve

Double cream and honey, to serve

CRUMBLE TOPPING

2 Tbsp plain flour, sifted

25g unsalted butter, chilled, chopped

1 Tbsp brown sugar

2 Tbsp natural sliced almonds

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C fan- forced (180°C conventional). Grease a 20cm round springform cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined after each addition. Add flour, cinnamon and milk. Beat until just combined.

Spoon mixture into pan and level top. Arrange sliced pear on top of cake (see Cook’s tip, above right).

For Crumble, put flour, butter and sugar in a small bowl; rub together with your fingers to roughly combine. Add almonds, mixing to form lumps of mixture. Sprinkle in and around pear. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until top is golden and a skewer inserted into the centre and comes out clean. Stand in pan for 15 minutes.

Serve cake warm or cold with cream, topped with extra pear slices and drizzled with honey.