Apple-and-pear fritter tray bake
Your house will be filled with an intoxicating aroma from the sweet fruit and warm cinnamon.
Unlike American apple fritters, this apple-and-pear fritter tray bake requires no proving and deep frying, making it really easy and super quick.
By Bianca Strydom
Makes 1 loaf
EASY
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
Makes 1 loaf
EASY
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
70 g light brown sugar
1 t ground cinnamon
1 apple, peeled and chopped
1 pear, peeled and chopped
120 g butter
130 g sugar
2 free range eggs
180 g flour
1¾ t baking powder
¼ cup milk
For the icing:
70 g icing sugar
1 T lemon juice
½ t ground cinnamon
Method:
- Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix 1 T of this mixture with the chopped apple and pear. Set aside the remaining sugar-and-cinnamon mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Cream the butter and sugar together using the whisk attachment of a stand mixer. Add the eggs one at a time.
- Add the flour and mix using the paddle attachment. Add the baking powder and milk and mix until combined.
- Grease or line a 22 x 12 cm loaf tin. Place half the batter in the tin, then top with half the apple-and-pear mixture and a sprinkling of the reserved sugar-and-cinnamon mixture. Repeat the layers, ending with the sugar-and-cinnamon mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer comes out with crumbs attached. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- To make the icing, mix the icing sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle over the icing and serve