Crunchy Pear and Cherry Cake

Name: Crunchy Pear and Cherry Cake
Yield: Makes 1 Cake
Ingredients: 75 g/3 oz/¾ cup ready-to-eat dried pears, chopped; 75 g/3 oz/scant ½ cup glacé cherries, quartered; 50 g/2 oz/4 tbsp crystallized ginger, chopped; 2 eggs; 30 ml/2 tbsp milk; 170 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 3 eggs; 140 g/5 oz/¾ cup caster sugar; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp soft margarine; 12.5 ml/2½ tsp baking powder; 280 g/10 oz/2½ cups plain flour; 30 ml/2 tbsp demerara sugar; 75 g/3 oz/scant ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 140 g/5 oz/⅔ cup soft margarine; 100 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp soft margarine; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp crystallized (candied) ginger, chopped; 22 ml/1½ tbsp demerara (raw) sugar; 40 g/1½ oz/2 tbsp glacé (candied) cherries, quartered; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup ready-to-eat dried pears, chopped; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp baking powder; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup caster sugar; 60 ml/4 tbsp milk; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain flour; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp crystallized ginger, chopped; 65 g/2½ oz/generous ¼ cup glacé cherries, quartered; 10 ml/2 tsp baking powder; 65 g/2½ oz/generous ½ cup ready-to-eat dried pears, chopped

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Made from quick all-in-one cake mixture, this cake is filled with juicy pears and cherries, and has a crunchy demerara topping.

Ingredients

Small

75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp soft margarine
75

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan, if it is detachable, then line the base of the bread pan with baking parchment.
Mix the margarine and caster sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs, milk, flour and baking powder. Beat th