Pear and Ginger Healthy Yoghurt Cake

Step 1

Pre-heat your oven to 170℃/340℉ (fan-forced). Grease and line a spring form pan/ tin with baking paper. I used a 22cm cake tin.

Step 2

In a mixing bowl or food processor, beat the butter, yoghurt, sweetener of your choice, eggs, zest and ginger until well combined.

Step 3

Add the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sea salt and blend again for a few seconds to just combine.

Step 4

Now gently fold in the spelt flour and mix until the flour is just combined. The more you mix this, the heavier the cake will become, so less is certainly best.

Step 5

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin, top with the pear, sprinkle over the sugar and bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is firm in the middle (a skewer inserted into the middle will come out clean).

Step 6

Melt your butter 90, 1 min, speed Add the yoghurt, sweetener of your choice, eggs, zest and ginger and blend 1 minute, speed 4.

Step 7

Add the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sea salt mix 5 seconds speed 4.

Step 8

Add the spelt flour and mix 5 seconds, lock the lid, on the flour symbol. Scrape down the sides and fold any uncombined flour as much as you can by hand. You really don't want to over process it, less is best.

Step 9

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin, top with the pear, sprinkle over the sugar and bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is firm in the middle (a skewer inserted into the middle will come out clean).

Step 10

This is so yum served with double cream, or creme fraiche.

Step 11

In an airtight container for a few days.

Step 12

It can also be frozen (also in an airtight container)