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Wow, time sure flies! It’s been just over two months since I last did a baking post!

Now as you all know, I’m not much of a baking genius, and I don’t do too good with the cake styling and all.

But when I saw these cute mini bundt pans at a store, I knew that I needed to have them.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them.

And I also knew exactly what kind of mini cakes I would make.

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It’s not often when an inspiration hits me. But when it does, I go into the zone (ala Cake Boss). No one can talk to me or disturb my inner peace and momentum.

The Boy knows that when such a mood takes over me, to leave me alone.

If he so much as rocks the silence, he is given the death stare.

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So back to what popped into my mind the moment I laid my eyes on the mini bundt pan.

I knew I wanted to make a butter bundt with the pears that were slowly going soft on my kitchen bench.

I closed my eyes and imagined how I would place each of the mini bundts, how it would taste, how it would look.

I could practically smell them baking in the oven. And I hadn’t even made it to the cashier yet!

As the plan formed in my mind, I was ecstatic to rush home to bake. I opened the pantry and fridge and had a baker’s worst nightmare! I had run out of full cream milk, yoghurt, cream, barely any butter left and only had 3 eggs remaining. Tearing the pantry apart, I found a carton of almond milk which The Boy had been saving for something.

With a little creativity and desperado, I managed to whip delicious little morsels up.

Oh, and clearly I had more than enough butter, but that didn’t stop me from going into crisis mode 😛

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Mini Burnt Butter & Pear Bundt Cakes Recipe

Ingredients

  • 115 grams Butter
  • 210 grams Flour
  • 200 grams Caster Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon (5 grams) Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 1/2 (2.5 grams) teaspoon of Sea Salt
  • 120 ml Almond Milk
  • 3 Pears (cubed)

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180º Celsius (165º Celsius fan forced). Spray the bundt pan with vegetable oil, if you don't have an oil spray, just pour a little oil into the pan and spread the oil all round with a bit of cling-wrap wrapped around your fingers.
  • In a saucepan, melt the butter until it starts to foam. Be careful as you want to take it just to the edge, but not over.
  • Remove from the pan and let cool (until it starts to slightly harden up again)
  • In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until combined.
  • Slowly add in the eggs (one at a time) until fully incorporated.
  • Add in half of the flour and salt, vanilla bean paste and almond milk.
  • Once the mixture is fully incorporated, add the remaining dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer.
  • Finally drop in the cubed pears and mix with a wooden spoon or a spatula.
  • Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until a wooden skewer comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
  • Serve with a sprinkle of icing sugar.

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I couldn’t help but go a little crazy with my cake styling as I had a handy bunch of native flowers with my new favourite flowers, Blushing Brides. I thought they made an excellent blushing pear wreath, don’t you think?

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I loved how cute they looked when I took them out of the pan. I’m going to think of other recipes so that I can make a gazillion of these cute little suckers!

The cake itself was moist and buttery with crunchy bits of pears. I used the harder variety of pears like Packham Pears as I don’t like pears that turn into mush. I like them with more of a substance.

I took these into work and before I knew it, they were devoured by all 0_0.