This recipe is especially useful when you’d like a tart but don’t have time for the pastry, so it is more cake than pastry, much quicker and delicious.
Serves 6/8
180g butter, room temperature
180g caster sugar
140g ground almonds
40g self raising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, beaten
2 pears, thinly sliced
Set oven 180c gas 4 Butter a 23cm tart tin
Mix the butter, sugar, ground almonds, flour, vanilla extract and eggs well together. Pour the mixture into the tin, arrange the sliced pear on top. Sprinkle with a little extra sugar. Bake for 40/45 minutes.