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This recipe makes about eight servings but if you need more, you can always double the ingredients. It takes a few minutes to prepare and about an hour and ten minutes to bake. The heavenly smell will be enough to make your mouth water long before you try a bite!

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The Ingredients To Gather:

1 cup tablespoon cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 cup sugar
5 oz. almond paste
3/4 cups butter
3 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
2  poached pears
Topping

4 Tablespoon butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup  almonds

 

The Step By Step Directions To Follow:

Heat oven to 350F. Butter, flour a removable bottom pan.

Mix together  cake  flour, baking powder, salt. Set aside.

In  food processor, process sugar, almond paste until mixture looks like wet sand. Place almond paste mixture, butter into stand mixer bowl, fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until well combined. Increase speed to high, cream mixture  2-3 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, making sure each is well combined before adding the next one. Add almond extract ,beat to combine. Turn off mixer, add flour mixture, fold until just combined.

Thinly slice poached pears. Spoon half  batter into pan, layer with pears, remaining batter. Transfer pan to oven, bake  50 minutes.

At the 40-minute mark of baking, prepare topping by placing butter, brown sugar in sauce pan. Bring to  boil. Fold in almonds. Remove cake  after 50 minutes, spread topping onto cake. Return cake to oven, bake for another 15-20 minutes. Remove cake from oven,allow to cool 10 minutes in  pan, before removing.

Enjoy!

This Almond Pear Cake is so good, it may be your new favorite dessert! Have you made this before?

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Article Source: Bakers Royale