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Pear, ginger, mochi cake

Pear and Ginger Mochi Cake

@thevessel
Vegetarian
Mochi cake is a Japanese rice cake. Pear & ginger is such a classic combo and super tasty! This recipe can either be made in a square tin or bundt style tin.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Baking, Dessert, Snacks
Servings 9
Diet Vegetarian

Equipment

  • Oven
  • 8/9 inch cake tin / bundt pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Pears Sliced thinly
  • 1/3 cup Butter Browned, melted
  • 1 cup Milk (I tend to use mixture of coconut milk & whole milk)
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Sugar white (or organic white)
  • 1 cup Sweet white rice flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 1 tbsp Fresh ginger root finely grated
  • 1 tbsp Molasses
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Salt

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350F/175C/Gas mark 3
  • Butter cake pan - Use parchment paper if using the square tin
  • Layer pears on the bottom of the buttered tin. Sprinkle the pears with 1 tbsp of the brown sugar. Drizzle 1 tbsp of the browned butter on the pears.
  • Mix the eggs, milk and both sugars with a whisk.
  • Mix the baking powder with the rice flour. Add half of this mixture to the batter and whisk in. Whisk in the remainder of the flour.
  • Add the remaining ingredients, whisking well,
  • Pour the batter over the pears in the tin.
  • Bake for 40 minutes until the centre is set and firm.
  • Cool for 10-20 minutes. Loosen the edges with a knife point and carefully invert onto a plate. Enjoy as is or with fresh cream.

Notes

Alternatives
  • Add pears to the top of the batter - some of the pieces will sink. Sprinkle them with brown sugar. Lessen the butter to 1/4 cup
  • Ginger spice version. Omit the pears. Increase the cinnamon to 1 tsp. Add nutmeg, all spice, cardamom and/or powdered ginger to your taste. Lessen the butter to 1/4 cup
  • Super ginger version. Add minced, candied ginger to the batter. Lessen the butter to 1/4 cup
Recipe by Yarrow Rubin (@thevessel)
Inspired by Vanlife Eats, Bob's Red Mill butter mochi cake recipe and Joan Gates' Pear Upside cake recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 275kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 389mgPotassium: 168mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 317IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 1mg
Keyword autumn, bakeoff, Baking, Cake, ginger, gluten free, oven, pears, star baker, vegetarian
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