Annie Bell's caramel whisky pear cake recipe - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Annie Bell’ s caramel whisky pear cake recipe By You Magazine - December 26, 2021 As decadent as it is comforting – perfect for ringing in a feel-good New Year. Ellis Parrinder CARAMEL 75g salted butter, plus extra for greasing 150g soft light brown sugar 5 tbsp whisky CAKE 2 comice pears 200g plain flour 3⁄4 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tbsp ground nutmeg 200g soft light brown sugar 50g ground almonds 150g 0% fat greek yogurt 2 medium free-range eggs 4 tbsp whole milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 100g salted butter, melted Crème fraîche or thick cream, to serve Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter a 23cm nonstick cake tin with a removable collar, then cut out a circle of baking paper about 4cm larger than the tin. Cut about six vents from the edge of the paper to the edge of tin. Lay it in place so the vents come up the side of the tin, and overlap to sit flat. For the caramel, heat the butter, sugar and 3 tablespoons of the whisky in a small saucepan over a medium heat, stirring until the butter and sugar are melted. Peel, quarter and core the pears. Coat the base of the tin with half the caramel and arrange the pear quarters curved sides down, pointed ends inwards around the outside. Keep the remaining caramel for serving. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and nutmeg into a large bowl, then add the sugar plus the ground almonds and stir to blend. Whisk the remaining wet ingredients with the remaining 2 tablespoons of whisky in another large bowl until smooth. Stir this into the dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Pour this over and around the pears so they are covered, and bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean from the centre. If making the cake in advance, set it aside to cool in the tin. If reheating the cake, just before sitting down to eat the main course, turn the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and pop the cake (still in the tin) in to reheat for 20 minutes. To serve, run a knife around the edge and invert the cake on to a large serving plate and peel off the paper. If the caramel has set, gently rewarm with a tablespoon of water to dissolve the sugar crystals and serve a couple of teaspoons trickled over each slice, plus a dollop of crème fraîche or cream. GET AHEAD You can prepare to the end of step five up to a day in advance and reheat in the tin. Food styling: Katie Marshall. Food styling assistant: Rosie Bensberg. Prop styling: Max Robinson RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved