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.
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.
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 😛
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.
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.
Such tasty looking and beautifully presented bunt cake morsels. The photos, flowers and wreath looks beautiful. Lol @ death stare – I know it well and do the same to my partner when I’m trying to be in serious kitchen/cooking/prep mode. I want to try these. Great recipe. Thank you. 🙂
These little bundt cakes look devine!
These sound and definitely look absolutely gorgeous indeed!
Yes they do look Good! Pears smell wonderful baked then out of the oven. Done well Ms and the cake styling…… Showoff! :p
Very neat-looking cakes! It didn’t seem like two months had passed!
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These look perfect.
Hi, i saw your photo of burnt butter strawberry jam bundt cake on instagram, it is gorgeous! Can you post the recipe? Thank you
I made this recipe a few years ago now, and it was amazing! I’ve been gifted some pears and I was trying to make it again, but can’t seem to see the recipe anymore. Has it been taken down? I would dearly love to make these again!