pear mascarpone cake
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • ¾cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½cup mascarpone
  • ¼tsp almond or vanilla extract
  • 1½cups all purpose flour
  • 5tbsp cornstarch
  • 1tbsp plus 1tsp baking powder
  • 3tbsp vegetable oil
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • 2 ripe yet firm pears, both peeled and cored. One cubed, one slice into ¼" slices
  • Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven 340ºF. Grease and flour a 9" cake pan. (I used a spring form one.)
  2. Cream sugar and eggs in a stand mixer on medium high speed until creamy. Add mascarpone and blend until smooth. Add extract and combine.
  3. In a medium bowl sift together flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Add to the wet mixture and gently fold with a wooden spoon until just combined (it's fine if you can still see a little flour).
  4. Add vegetable oil, salt and diced pears. Fold until just combined. Pour into prepared pan and top with sliced pears.
  5. Bake on the middle rack at 340ºF for 35 to 40 minutes or until top begins to turn golden and toothpick comes out clean. Be sure not to over bake.
  6. Cool cake completely in pan. Dust powdered sugar over the top if desired. Enjoy!
Recipe by pretty plain janes at https://prettyplainjanes.com/2016/02/03/pear-mascarpone-cake/