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PEAR AND MASCARPONE TORTE

Baking, Brunch, Cakes, children, Desserts, Fruit, PicnicAlison Lambertcake, fruit, italian
PEAR AND MASCARPONE TORTE

 

I love collecting cake recipes and this is another one i would recommend keeping.  You can substitute the fruit with apples, plums, peaches etc.

 

Makes 12 slices

Ingredients

3 pears, peeled

1 lemon, juice

3 eggs

¾ cup sugar plus 2 Tbsp for topping

200g mascarpone

1 ¼  cup flour

¼ cup cornflour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

2 ½ Tbsp vegetable oil

 

 

Method

Preheat the oven 170C

Lightly grease 23 cm round cake tin. Line with greaseproof paper.

Peel the pears, and chop into medium sized pieces, squeeze over lemon juice and set aside.

Beat the eggs with the sugar until light and creamy, add the mascarpone and beat until smooth.

Add the oil and continue beating until combined.

Sieve together the dry ingredients and fold through the egg mixture gently to combine.

Fold in the pears and lemon juice, pour into the prepared tin, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.

Bake for approximately 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.