Pear, Almond and Semolina Cake

• 8 small ripe, juicy pears
• 3/4 cup margarine or softened butter
• 2/3 cup soft light brown sugar, any lumps squashed
• 1 cup self-raising flour (or all purpose flour + 1/2 tsp baking powder)
• 1 cup semolina
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp almond essence
• 1/2 cup flaked almonds
• 1 squeeze of lemon juice

1. Heat oven to 180 C.
2. Grease and line a 9*9 inch square cake tin with baking paper
3. Peel, quarter, core and place pears into a bowl half filled with water with a squeeze of lemon juice in it.
4. Beat together the margarine and sugar, until the graininess of the sugar is gone.
5. Beat in eggs one at a time
6. Mix in flour, baking soda and semolina
7. Drain and dry the pears.
8. Mix in the almond essence and the pears
9. Scrape all the batter into the cake pan and spread it out to the edges and flatten it out as best you can.
10. Sprinkle over the flaked almonds
11. Bake for 30-35 minutes
12. Allow to cool in the tin for five minutes at least.
13. Can be eaten warm or cold.

margarine, brown sugar, flour, semolina, baking soda, eggs, almond, almonds, lemon juice

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/366091-pear-almond-and-semolina-cake (may not work)