Pear cake

The storms over the weekend have brough most of the pears and a lot of the apples down from the trees and into the house. One pear fell into the still amazing cosmos flowers, looking as if it was growing on the plant. The apples will keep for several weeks but the pears not so long so I had another go at dealing with the fabulous pear glut last night. I tried making another gluten free pear cake, based on a conventional apple cake recipe, which you can find here: Pear cake (gluten free) 115g butter or sunflower spread 200g sugar 2 eggs 100ml milk a few drops of vanilla essence 200g self-raising gluten free flour* 1tsp xanthan gum* 2 large pears (or 3 sensibly sized ones) or you could also use apples Cream together the butter (or spread) and sugar Beat in the two eggs, the milk and the vanilla essence Sieve the flour and the xanthan gum and fold into the mixture Grease or line a baking tin (I used a large square one) Spread half the mixture in the tin Core and slice the pears and layer…