Pear & ginger loaf

Name: Pear & ginger loaf
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 175 g Flora Buttery Spread, plus extra for greasing; 1 Perfectly Ripe Conference Pear, peeled and halved; 165 g light brown soft sugar; 3 medium free range eggs; 175 g self-raising flour; 1½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp fine sea salt; 40 g Cooks' Ingredients Crystallised Stem Ginger, chopped; 2 tsp lemon juice; 50 g icing sugar, sifted

A comforting, autumnal cake that's ideal with a cuppa on cooler days.

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Vegetarian

Serves10
CourseCake
Prepare20 mins
Cook1 hr
Total time1 hr 20 mins
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175g Flora Buttery Spread, plus extra for greasing
1 Perfectly Ripe Conference Pear, peeled and halved
165g light brown soft sugar
3 medium free range eggs
175g self-raising flour
1½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp fine sea salt
40g Cooks' Ingredients Crystallised Stem Ginger, chopped
2 tsp lemon juice
50g icing sugar, sifted

Preheat the oven to 170ºC, gas mark 3½. Grease a 900g loaf tin and line with baking parchment. Cut the pear into 1cm chunks. In a food processor, whizz the buttery spread, light brown sugar, eggs, our, ground ginger and salt until combined. Pulse in about three-quarters of the chopped crystallised stem ginger.
Scrape half the mixture into the lined tin and scatter half the chopped pear over the top. Top with the remaining cake mixture, then scatter the remaining pear on top. Bake for 1 hour or until risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
For the icing, stir the lemon juice into the icing sugar until you have a thick, spoonable icing. Drizzle over the cake and scatter with the remaining crystallised ginger.

Cook’s tip

Leftovers love
Store the cake in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or slice and freeze pieces individually for up to 1 month.

And to drink...

Teapigs English Breakfast Tea
A well-balanced brew for elevenses, this tea's bright, refreshing notes cut through the sweetness of the cake beautifully.

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