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Spicy Pear Muffins

February 20, 2019February 19, 2019Posted in chocolate, cinnamon, cream cheese frosting, fruit, muffins, pear, spiceTagged chocolate, muffins, pear, spiceLeave a comment

Time to bring back some fruits. These muffins are moist and filled with flavor, and they turned out to be a hit with my father.

Ingredients
Pear Sauce/Jam
10-12 pears (chopped)
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cardamom

Batter
200 g (7 oz) butter (melted)
100 g (3,5 oz) sugar
3 eggs
300 g (10,5 oz) plain flour
2 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cardamom
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg

2 tbsp of cocoa

Frosting/Decoration
Powdered sugar
Vanilla sugar
Cream Cheese
Water

Chopped Almonds

How to do it
Pear Sauce/Jam

Chop the pears, and put them in a saucepan.
Mix in cinnamon and cardamom.
Heat up the pears, and let it simmer until much of the fluids has evaporated.
Let the sauce/jam cool down a bit.

Batter

Preheat the oven to 200 ºC/ 395 ºF.
Melt the butter and let it cool down a bit.
In a large bowl, mix together eggs and sugar until you have a thick and fluffy mixture.
Stir in the melted butter.
In a separate bowl, mix together plain flour, baking powder vanilla sugar and the spices, then slowly add them to the mixture and stir until you have a smooth batter.
Carefully stir in the pear sauce/jam with a wooden spoon.
With a couple of spoons, transfer the batter to muffins liners in a cupcake/muffins form.
When you’ve transferred about 1/2 of the batter into muffins liners, stir in 2 tbsp of cocoa to the rest of the batter. Then transfer the rest of the batter to muffins liners in a cupcake/muffins form.

Bake the muffins in the middle of the oven until they have a golden surface, or until a skewer put in the center of the muffins comes out clean, about 15-20 minutes.
Take the muffins out of the oven, and let them cool down in the muffins/cupcake form for a few minutes. Then let them cool down on a cooling rack.

Frosting/Decoration

Mix together powdered sugar, vanilla sugar (1-2 tsp), cream cheese (about 2 tbsp) and water until you have a smooth, yet fluid, mix.
Cover the muffins with the frosting and decorate with chopped almonds.

Enjoy!

Holiday Leftovers – Apple and Pear Dessert

January 7, 2019January 6, 2019Posted in apple, dessert, fruit, nuts, pear, spiceTagged apple, crisp, dessert, fruit, healthy, leftovers, pear, yoghurtLeave a comment

January is here. With new year resolutions and leftovers from the Holidays. So, for my first recipe in 2019, I wanted to combine the two. A quite healthy dessert, but with lots of flavor. And you can even eat it for breakfast! Happy New Year, People!

Ingridients (about 4 portions)
Crisp
2,5 dl (1 cup) oatmeal
1-2 handfuls of almonds (chopped)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1 tbsp honey
1 handful of raisins

Apple & Pear Sauce/Jam
3 apples (chopped)
3 pears (chopped)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom

Greek yoghurt with vanilla

How to do it
Crisp

Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
Add oatmeal, chopped almonds, cinnamon and cardamom to the pan, and mix it together.
Add and stir in the honey, and keep stirring.
When the mix starts to golden, add the raisins, and stir until you have a golden crisp.
Let the crisp cool down.

Apple & Pear Sauce/Jam

Chop the apples and the pears, and put them in a saucepan.
Mix in cinnamon and cardamom.
Heat up the apples and pears, and let it simmer until you have the preferred texture (the longer you let it simmer, the smoother it gets).
Let the sauce/jam cool down.

Put it all together
In a dessert bowl, or a glass, add a tablespoon of yoghurt, then a tablespoon of apple and pear sauce and then a tablespoon of crisp. Repeat.

Enjoy!

Btw:
If you want to make a “party version” of this dessert, roast the crisp in some butter and add some sugar, and replace the yoghurt with whipped cream. You can also use leftover cookies or biscuits instead of making crisp.

Fall´n´fruits – Apple and Pear Cake

November 5, 2018November 4, 2018Posted in apple, cake, cinnamon, fruit, nuts, pearTagged apple, cake, fruit, pearLeave a comment

It´s fall. The fruits have fallen off the trees and it´s time for a cake based on the fruits of the season. This apple and pear cake is super easy to make, full of flavor and is perfect for rainy November days.

Ingredients
75 gram (2,6 oz) melted butter
0,5 dl (1/4 cup) sugar
2 eggs
2 dl (1 cup) plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom
2-3 grated pears
2-3 grated apples

Decoration
Chopped almonds

How to do it

Preheat the oven to 200ºC (390ºF), and butter and line a round cake tin, 22 cm (9 in).
Melt the butter and let it cool down a bit.
Grate or chop the pears and the apples, put the fruits in a bowl and mix them together with the cinnamon and cardamom.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs with the sugar. I use a stand mixer, but you may just as well use an electric hand mixer.
Mix in the melted butter.
In a separate bowl, mix together the plain flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar.
Slowly add the mixed dry ingredients to the mixture.
Mix in the grated apples and the pears with a spatula.
Transfer the batter into the cake tin and top it with chopped almonds.
Bake in the middle of the oven until the top of the cake is golden brown, for about 35-40 minutes.
Let the cake cool down for a few minutes in the cake tin before taking it out of the tin and laying it on a grid.
Enjoy the flavors of fall, maybe with a scoop of ice cream.

Btw…
How about doubling the recipe and make a two layered cake with some cream cheese frosting between the layers and on top of the cape? Check out First appearance – Pear cake for a recipe for frosting.

First appearance – Pear cake

October 8, 2018October 26, 2018Posted in fruit, pearTagged cake, creamcheesefrosting, fruit, fruitcake, pear, pearcake, recipe3 Comments

Autumn. When I talk to people about the taste of autumn, apples tend to come up quite frequently. But in the shadow of apples, there’s another fruit of autumn that deserves some attention. Pears. This wonderful, sweet tasting fruit is perfect for baking, so for my first recipe, my first appearance, I present to you my spiced up pear cake.

Ingredients
150 gram (5 1/2 oz) softened butter
100 gram (3 1/2 oz) sugar
3 eggs
150 gram (5 1/2 oz) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
4-6 peeled pears

Frosting
200 gram (7 oz) cream cheese
1-2 tbsp softened butter
4 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar

Decoration
Chopped almonds

How I do it

Peel and chop the pears. Put the chopped pears in a bowl and add cinnamon and cardamom. Mix it all well together.
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC/355 ºF. Butter and line a 22-24 cm/ 9 in round cake tin (and/or use parchment paper).
Beat together sugar and softened butter in a large bowl. I use a stand mixer, but you may just as well use an electric hand mixer.
Add eggs, one by one and adding about a tablespoon of the plain flour between each egg.
Mix in a mixture of the rest of the flour, baking powder and vanilla sugar, and mix until you have a smooth batter.
Add the spiced up chopped pears, and mix them into the batter with a spatula.
Transfer the batter into the cake tin.
Bake in the middle of the oven for about 40-45 minutes, or until the top of the cake is golden brown and a skewer put in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool down for about 15 minutes before taking it out of the cake tin.
For the frosting, mix together cream cheese and softened butter. Carefully add powdered sugar and vanilla sugar into the mix until you have found the preferred sweetness and texture.
When the cake is about room temperature, cover the top of the cake with the frosting.
Decorate with chopped almonds.

Enjoy!