Pear and Almond Cake

Ingredients

• 200g butter, soft
• 200g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 200g ground almonds
• 100g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored, sliced

Steps

1. 01Cream butter and sugar until pale.
2. 02Add eggs one at a time, then almonds, flour, baking powder.
3. 03Pour into a buttered 22cm tin.
4. 04Arrange pear slices on top in concentric circles.
5. 05Bake at 170°C for 50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
6. 06Cool in tin. Dust with icing sugar before serving.