BLUEBERRY & PEAR CAKE

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This is another diabetic recipe from the Diabetes cookbook (DK books in association with Diabetes Australia). I was requested to post by fellow Aussie Zaarite.

Provided by jenny butt

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 1 cake, 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

150 g self raising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
75 g margarine
60 g ground almonds
2 eggs
1 orange, juice and zest of, grated
3 drops almond essence
2 pears, peeled, cored, and chopped
blueberries
1 tablespoon demerara sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6.
  • Lightly grease a deep 20cm (*in) cake tin and line it with baking parchment.
  • Put the flour, baking powder, margarine, almonds, eggs, orange zest & juice and almond essence in a large bowl and beat them together thoroughly.
  • Fold the pears and blueberries into the mixture. Spoon it into the prepared cake tin and sprinkle with the demarara sugar. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until firm to the touch.
  • Cool the cake in the tin on a wire rack. Stored in an airtight container, it will keep for up to a week.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 206.5, Fat 10.3, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 42.3, Sodium 158.4, Carbohydrate 24.7, Fiber 3, Sugar 4.9, Protein 4.9

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