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Pear cake: recipes and tips – [ESSEN UND TRINKEN]
Pear cake: recipes and tips
Pear cakes taste sweet and juicy, whether on the tray, covered or with sprinkles. Pear cake recipes with fresh pears are particularly enjoyable in autumn. Great variations with tonka beans or chocolate make pear cake a highlight all year round.
Delicious pear cake recipes
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Video recipe: Puff pastry tart
In this recipe you will see how puff pastry tart can be made in no time. Here you can find the recipe for puff pastry tart with apple and pear with a printable version!

Puff pastry tart with apple and pear
02:40 minutes
Bake your own pear cake!
The perfect pear cake can be baked according to your taste with yeast dough or classic sponge cake, on a tray, in a springform pan or loaf pan. The important thing is the sweet filling with pears, which are usually cut into slices or eighths and decorate the dough and give the cake its typical taste and juiciness. The filling can be supplemented with quark, sour cream, chocolate or spices such as vanilla or cinnamon.
Traditionally, a covered pear cake is very popular and is known for its artistic dough layer made from shortcrust pastry – whether on a tray or in a round shape.

Refined with nuts and served with chocolate sauce: fine pear cake.
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Pear cake: preparation
For a classic pear cake, a batter is first made from butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla sugar, flour and baking powder, which is either spread evenly on a greased baking tray or filled into a greased springform pan sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
Peel, core and quarter the pears. Then cut the quarters into thin strips and mix with a little lemon juice to preserve the light color. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Cover the dough evenly with the fresh pear wedges. If you want, you can lay the pears to create a circular pattern. Then bake the cake in the oven.
The perfect pear for pear cake
With over 2,500 different types of pears worldwide, this is particularly important table pear suitable for cakes and tarts. Well-known varieties for the juicy pastries are Williams Christ, Santa Maria, Abate Fetel, Forelle and Gellerts Butterbirne. When buying pears, make sure that the fruits are already ripe and suitable for eating, then they will have the right consistency and sweetness for the pear cake.
However, overripe pears or cooking pears are not suitable, as these usually have a firmer flesh with small grains. The soft, juicy table pear, on the other hand, tastes buttery and delicate in cakes and cakes Desserts.
Delicious versions of the classic
The classic pear cake not only tastes fruity and delicious in its original recipe. Walnuts form a nutty-tart contrast to the sweet pear. sour cream fillings or hoods turn the pear cake into a creamy delight. Sprinkles provide the crispy finishing touch. Also one Shortcrust pastry can be a delicious alternative to the juicy pear. As Tart The fruit cake is very popular interpreted both sweetly and savory.
Of course, pears can be used in a variety of ways other types of fruit combine. The slight acidity of apple and raspberry round off the pear cake wonderfully. Other types of berries and other pome fruits can also be chosen depending on your taste.
For a special one exotic variant Coconut flakes and coconut milk refine the classic pear cake. The pastry becomes subtly nutty if only coconut milk is used.
How long does pear cake last?
If kept well cooled and covered, pear cake will last a maximum of two days. You cannot freeze pear cake, so invite enough guests over for coffee.
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