Ingredients: 250 g pears, peeled and cored,250 g apples, peeled and cored,Juice of 2 lemons,180 g butter at room temperature,4 eggs,100 g Demerara sugar,1 packet vanilla sugar,250 g all-purpose flour,150g dark flour,1 pinch of salt,1 packet baking powder,Grated zest of 1 lemon,100 ml milk,3 Tbs warmed honey,Powdered sugar, for sprinkling,Ground cinnamon, for sprinkling
Instructions:
- Cut an apple and a pear into quarters, then into medium thick slices (not quite thin), and soak in lemon juice (from 2 lemons). Set aside.With a hand-held mixer beat the butter for 3-4 minutes until foamy.Alternately add Demerara sugar mixed with vanilla sugar and eggs to the butter, mix to combine after each addition.Alternately add to the butter and eggs mixture all-purpose and dark flour mixed with salt, baking powder and grated lemon zest (of 1 lemon) with milk. After each addition mix to combine.
- Spread the dough into the buttered and floured baking form. Press pear and apple slices vertically into the dough, forming very thick rows.
- Brush the top with warmed honey and bake in the oven at 180C for about 40 minutes or until done.Cool the cake and sprinkle with a mixture of powdered sugar and cinnamon.
- Cut into slices and serve.
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