Cambridge Edition October 2019

RECI PES

TOM’S CAKES PEAR & GINGER UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE THIS STICKY-SWEET CAKE IS GUARANTEED TO RAISE A SMILE ON A DRIZZLY OCTOBER AFTERNOON. PAIR WITH TEA AND A GOOD BOOK

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE • Three pears • 150g brown sugar • 150g self-raising flour • 150g butter • 3 large free-range eggs • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tsp ground ginger • 50g ground almonds • 40g preserved ginger (grated) FOR THE STICKY TOFFEE BASE • 75g brown sugar • 75g butter • 1tsp ground ginger

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE Peel three pears and poach gently in a syrup of 275ml of water, 100g of caster sugar and 1 vanilla pod for around half an hour. Allow the pears to cool, preferably overnight, then halve, core and thinly slice. Grease and line a 9in, deep cake tin. To make the sticky base, cream together the 75g of butter, 75g of brown sugar and 1tsp of ground ginger until the mix is light and fluffy. Spread the mix evenly into the prepared cake tin and then arrange the pear slices on top of the mix, each slice slightly overlapping the other. To make the ginger cake, cream together 150g of brown sugar and 150g of softened butter. Beat the eggs and add gradually to your mix, folding the ingredients together all the time. Sift the remaining dry ingredients together and add gradually to the mix, folding to fully blend the ingredients together. Add your grated preserved ginger to the mixture and fold until fully combined. Spoon the cake mixture on to the pear and sticky toffee base and level off. Place in a preheated oven (190 °c /fan 170 ° c) for 40 minutes. Check the cake is cooked by pressing gently on the top and seeing if the sponge springs back. Allow to cool and then place a large plate on top of the tin before turning over to reveal the cake.

Tom Dolby built up a name for himself selling his delicious wares at farmers’ markets for years before opening up the original Tom’s Cakes in St Ives. A resounding success, it led to the opening of a second branch on Mill Road in 2016, a smart little cafe where everything is made from scratch and the range of delightful cakes flows with the seasons, from summer lavender cake to autumn bramley apple and cinnamon cake. tomscakes.co.uk ABOUT TOM’S CAKES

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