Pear and ginger slice recipe

Created by Suzanne Gibbs

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Photography: Dean Wilmot

Cuisine: Modern Australian
Servings: Serves 10 or more
Cooking Time: Less than 60 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snacks

Pear and ginger slice

Ingredients

125g butter, at room temperature, cubed
1 cup (165g) firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups (300g) self-raising flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon mixed spice
¾ cup (185g) sour cream
2 tablespoons milk
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored, sliced
1 tablespoon caster sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Icing sugar, for dusting (optional)

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Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan. Lightly grease and line base of a 22cm x 28cm lamington pan with baking paper.

2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in sifted flour and spices alternately with combined sour cream and milk, beginning and ending with flour.

3. Spoon mixture into prepared pan, smoothing top. Arrange pear slices over cake and sprinkle with combined sugar and cinnamon.

4. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until cooked when tested. Cool in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar before slicing if you like.

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