Today is an important date! Yes, it’s Yummy Day! And not just any Yummy Day… the “Doudou” Yummy Day!!! Because with winter approaching, we love comforting “doudou” recipes. What’s a doudou recipe? (I can hear you asking ^^). It’s a recipe that’s comforting through its aromas, its indulgence and even its decadence, a recipe that warms you up or brings back memories… Sweet or savoury, it has to be Doudou! No suspense with me — it’s a sweet recipe I’m sharing with you today. A super-mega-simple recipe, hence its name: the “gâteau pépère” (the laid-back cake)!!! And since at the moment I love pears in desserts, here’s a pear gâteau pépère. But you can also use apples, it’s just as good (tested and re-tested for you!!). Thank you Chef Damien for the idea 🙂 This cake is incredibly soft — incredibly doudou, in short!
Ingredients & preparation
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Cake
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 125 g (4.4 oz) plain flour
- 140 g (4.9 oz) sugar
- 75 g (2.6 oz) milk
- 60 g (2.1 oz) groundnut oil
- 3 pears
- 1 sachet baking powder
- 1 sachet vanilla sugar
- brown sugar
- rum (optional)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F.
2
In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar, then add the flour, baking powder, milk, oil and a splash of rum. At this stage, you can also add citrus zest (orange, lemon or other) or spices of your choice (vanilla, cinnamon…).
3
Butter a tin.
4
Peel the pears and cut them into large cubes.
5
Pour the batter into the tin and scatter the pear pieces on top, spreading them out evenly.
6
Bake for 25 minutes, then sprinkle with brown sugar to brown the top of the cake. Return to the oven for a further 5 to 10 minutes. Test whether the cake is cooked by inserting a knife blade — it should come out clean.
7
Leave to cool and enjoy!
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