All-in-one pear & almond loaf

Name: All-in-one pear & almond loaf
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 175 g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 3 Conference Pears; 150 g self-raising flour; 100 g ground almonds; 150 g caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp; 3 Enriched +Multivit Free Range Eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tbsp flaked almonds

An effortless cake that takes just 15 minutes to get into the tin. Perfect with an afternoon cup of tea.

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Vegetarian

Serves8
CourseCake
Prepare15 mins
Cook1 hr 20 mins
Total time1 hr 35 mins
PlusPreparation time 15 minutes + cooling

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175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
3 Conference Pears
150g self-raising flour
100g ground almonds
150g caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp
3 Enriched +Multivit Free Range Eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp flaked almonds

Preheat the oven to 160ºC, gas mark 3. Grease and line a 900g loaf tin. Peel and core the pears. Thinly slice 1 and roughly dice the other 2.
Using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter, flour, ground almonds, 150g sugar, eggs and vanilla together for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Stir in the chopped pears, then spoon into the prepared cake tin.
Arrange the sliced pears on top, then sprinkle over the flaked almonds and remaining sugar.
Bake for 1 hour 15-20 minutes, or until risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool completely in the tin before slicing.