If you have found this recipe by chance, welcome to The Together Plan, a charity working to revive Jewish community life in Belarus. History, heritage and culture are high on our agenda and food is intrinsic to who we are… Do explore the rest of our website to find out more about our current projects as well as how you can get involved and support us.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line base and grease and flour sides of a springform cake tin – 25 cm
Chop walnuts and transfer to a bowl.
Chop pears and transfer them to a bowl with chopped walnuts.
Place oil, sugar, flour, evaporated milk, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla and eggs in a mixing bowl then mix with an electric beater until combined and frothy.
Add reserved chopped pears and walnuts then mix until all the fruit and nuts are mixed through.
Transfer to the prepared tin and bake for 45-55 minutes (200°C) until the skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Allow the cake to stand in the tin for 10 minutes.
Remove from the tin and turn the cake upside down for 10 minutes.
Place the correct side up and allow to cool before dusting with icing sugar and caramelised nuts if desired and serve.
To make the caramelised walnuts, heat the sugar over low heat until all the sugar is dissolved and a golden syrup develops. Add the walnuts, stir quickly and pour onto a baking sheet lined with non-stick baking paper. The sugar will harden very quickly. When cool, break into pieces.
This recipe was devised by michelle@mobilefoodie.co.uk
We hope you are enjoying reading these recipes – Michelle would love to hear your comments and see photos once you’ve made them. Please send them to michelle@thetogetherplan.com.
If you enjoyed this recipe and would like to see more in the future, consider supporting us with a donation or click here to find out how else you can get involved.
We love it when people share our recipes! Click the buttons below to share this recipe on social media and make sure to let the recipients know it came from us! Our volunteers have spent plenty of time researching and curating these recipes for us from around the world! Click here to see other recipes in our series.