Peach and Pear Pie, Photo by PH Morton
Ingredients
125g butter or margarine, softened
125g caster sugar
2 medium eggs
125g self raising flour
1 can halved peaches
1 can halved pears
1 tsp vanilla
Chocolate for piping and decorating
Preparation method
Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Beat in the eggs.
Sift the flour.
Cream the butter and the sugar together until pale. Use an electric mixer if one is available.
Gradually add the flour and the eggs into the butter and sugar mix. Also add the vanilla essence.
Add a little milk if the batter is too stodgy or thick.
Put the sponge batter into a baking tin. Level using a spatula.
Arrange the pears and peaches on top of the batter (see above photo) and bake fro 25-30 minutes. Insert a clean knife into the batter. If the knife comes out clean, it is cooked.
Let is cool and drizzle with chocolate.
Enjoy!
Serve with cream or ice-cream!