Pear tea cake

This autumnal teatime treat has a delicious honey drizzle and sweet pear layers.

And this cake is an example of this. The rainy, cold weather of late has had me scrambling for comfort via food. And the best thing about it is that even if you don't have pears which are plentiful at the moment (I bought some adorable tiny pears) you can also use apple. Hell, you could even use tinned apple if that's the way you want to go! :). It also uses wholemeal flour but not enough so that it tastes too wholemealy. The whole cake is mixed within about 10 minutes and you just leave the…

I realise that by now much of the Northern hemisphere is well into spring, but my sense of the seasons is arrested back in winter… probably because I’ve barely spent any time outside. T…

There are very few things that a cake won’t cure. From gray days and heavy rain to sickness and nostalgia. This winter has been brutal for a lot of folks. Here we have been spared from the general malaise of being stuck in a never ending cycle of snow days, blizzards and freezing temperatures. We…

A gorgeous one-layer Pear Cake filled with fresh, juicy pears and warm spices. This easy tea cake features a soft buttery sponge and a crisp cinnamon sugar crust. It’s perfect for morning or afternoon tea. Recipe from sweetestmenu.com #pearcake #cake #afternoontea

And this cake is an example of this. The rainy, cold weather of late has had me scrambling for comfort via food. And the best thing about it is that even if you don't have pears which are plentiful at the moment (I bought some adorable tiny pears) you can also use apple. Hell, you could even use tinned apple if that's the way you want to go! :). It also uses wholemeal flour but not enough so that it tastes too wholemealy. The whole cake is mixed within about 10 minutes and you just leave the…

A lovely pear cake, made with fresh pears, nestled in a lightly sweet and moist almond cake. A perfect cake to enjoy any time of day.

Classic cinnamon tea cake with sliced pear is the perfect sweet treat to impress

Fresh Ginger and Pear Cake ~ this buttery breakfast cake is lightly spiced with fresh ginger and cardamom, and topped with fresh juicy pears.