Ingredients
1 cup white sugar
60g butter
2 pears, cut into 3mm slices
3 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups gluten free self-raising flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 Tbsp vanilla essence
125g butter, melted
Preparation
Oven on at 180 degrees C
Butter the sides of a 22cm cake pan, and then arrange the pear in the base in a nice pattern.
Make a toffee with the cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup water. Boil over high heat until it darkens to a nice toffee colour. Whisk in butter (a quarter at a time) until combined. Add a grind of salt, and then pour over the pear.
To make the cake, beat the eggs and sugar together until smooth and no longer grainy. Add the flour and buttermilk and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and melted butter and beat until smooth and shiny.
Pour over pears and smooth top.
Place in oven and cook until a skewer comes out clean - about an hour.
Wait 10 minutes and then turn out onto a plate.
Enjoy warm or cold with cream, icecream or just plain.
