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Salted Butter, Honey & Pear Cake

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g salted butter melted, cooled plus 1tbs extra melted butter
  • 200 ml runny honey
  • 150 g brown sugar
  • 3 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 2/3 c self-raising flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 pears 1 coarsely grated, 1 thinly sliced
  • juice of 1/2 a lemon

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°c. Grease a 22cm round cake pan and line with baking paper.
  2. Place butter, ½ cup honey and sugar in a bowl and stir to combine. Add egg, milk and vanilla, and stir to combine. Fold in flour, cinnamon and grated pear. Spread into prepared pan.
  3. Place sliced pear in a bowl with lemon juice and 2 tbsp honey, and gently toss to combine. Arrange over batter in a fan pattern. Bake for 1 hr 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  4. Brush with extra butter and remaining 35ml honey and scatter with ¼ tsp salt flakes to serve.