Gateau Fondant Aux Poires : (moist Pear Cake)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 pears (depending on their size)
• 3/4 cup flour
• extra flour, for the cake pan
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup milk, plus
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• butter
• salt
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• slivered almonds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, beat sugar, 2 eggs and a pinch of salt until mixture becomes"foamy" and forms a"ribbon" when removing the whisk.
• 2 add the flour and baking powder, and then thin out the batter with the milk and oil.
• 3 heat oven to 350â°f (180â°c) butter and flour a 9 or 10-inch cake pan.
• 4 pour half of the batter into the pan.
• 5 peel the pears and remove the seeds, then cut into strips.
• 6 place the pear strips on the batter.
• 7 then pour the remaining batter over the pears.
• 8 bake 30 minutes.
• 9 meanwhile, prepare the topping as follows: melt the butter in a sauce pan over a low flame.
• 10 beat the egg and sugar in a bowl until well mixed.
• 11 add the metled butter.
• 12 after 30 minutes, take the cake from the oven.
• 13 pour the topping over the cake, and then continue baking another 20 minutes.
• 14 sprinkle with slivered almonds, if desired.
• 15 let cool before removing from pan.