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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 None large eggs
- 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 None medium pears, peeled, quartered, cored, sliced thinly
- None None powdered sugar, to dust
- None None vanilla custard or heavy cream, to serve
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line an 8x12 inch rimmed baking pan with parchment paper, extending paper over long sides for handles.
- In a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well between additions. Stir in honey. Sift flour, baking soda and spice mix over butter mixture. Add 1/4 cup hot water and stir until just combined. Transfer to prepared pan and smooth surface.
- Arrange pears, overlapping slightly, over cake batter. Bake for 40-45 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove cake from oven. Let cake stand in pan for 5 mins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
- Serve with custard.
