for 12 pieces

Egg mixture

3	eggs
75 g	sugar
1 parcel	vanilla sugar
1 pinch	salt
1	organic lemon, use grated zest
75 g	butter, melted, left to cool
1 ½ dl	milk

Cake batter

120 g	white flour
1 tsp	baking powder
2 pinch	nutmeg
800 g	pears (e.g. Gute Luise), peeled, halved, cored, cut into approx. 2 mm slices
60 g	salted, roasted pistachios, coarsely chopped

How it's done

Egg mixture

Using the whisk on a mixer, beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and lemon zest in a bowl until the mixture becomes light and frothy. Pour in the milk and butter, mix well.

Cake batter

Combine the flour, baking powder and nutmeg, mix into the egg mixture. Add the pears, mix, transfer to the prepared tin, sprinkle with the pistachios.

To bake

Approx. 60 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly. Remove the tin frame, slide the cake onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.

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