Little pear and ginger puddings

Babiche Martens

I love using fresh ginger in baking and it is a delicious match with pears. These puddings are the perfect way to use up the pears that got away on you in the fruit bowl. I like to make individual cakes to cut down on cooking time and it helps to make the serving quick and simple. The ginger adds a nice spicy surprise, and these are best served with vanilla icecream or lightly whipped cream.

Ingredients

120 g	Butter
60 g	Dark brown sugar
60 g	Caster sugar
2	Eggs
1 Tbsp	Grated ginger (Main)
120 g	Self raising flour
2	Pears, peeled and diced (Main)

Sauce

50 g	Dark muscovado sugar
200 ml	Cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 170C. Grease and line base of six 150ml moulds.
2. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then add ginger.
3. Fold through flour and pears. Spoon mixture into moulds, filling them to the three-quarter mark. Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and cool slightly before removing from moulds.
4. To make the sauce, in a small pot combine sugar and cream. Slowly bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Spoon over upturned cakes.

See Angela's other pear recipes

• Pears with pork chops and olives
• Fried pears with hazelnut praline