Fir Honey Poached Pear and Sponge Cake
Ingredients
Sponge Cake:
500 ml (2 cups) all-purpose flour
125 ml (1⁄2 cup) spelt flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
3 eggs
310 ml (1 ¼ cup cane sugar
125 ml (1⁄2 cup) sunflower oil
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
250 ml (1 cup) milk
A pinch of salt
Poached Pears
5 pears
60 ml fir honey
125 ml (1⁄2 cup) cane sugar
625 ml (2 ½ cups) water
Preparation
Sponge Cake
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
In a mixer, mix the eggs, milk, oil and sugar. Add the apple cider vinegar.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt.
Add in the mixer and blend until a homogeneous mix is obtained.
Bake for 35 minutes. Leave to cool and slice.
Poached pears
In a small pot, boil the water with the honey and sugar. During that time, peel and core the pears, and cut them into wedges, and put in two 750 ml Mason pots.
Pour the hot syrup over it. Leave on the kitchen counter overnight. *
To serve, put in a plate a slice of cake sponge, cover it with pears and poor a bit of syrup on top.
* If you must have it done in the day, boil the pears for about ten minutes in the syrup. (In that case, choose less ripe pears.)