Wednesday mornings, for me, have been all about gardening with friends followed by cake and coffee for..... hmmmm.... about 28 years. We take it in turns, one week we garden here, then the next is your turn. In Adelaide there were 5 of us, then I came to Tasmania so now there are 4. I do it here with 1 friend. It is so good to work for 2 hours then the host provides cake and coffee.
Today Ann and I constructed a big compost heap which will sit for 6 months or so.
Then we sat on my deck and had pear cake and coffee. We ate 1/3, I gave her 1/3 to take home and I have 1/3 for another day. This is such an easy recipe and so delicious. I added quite a bit of ginger. I have made this dozens of times. It looks like it doesn't have enough batter when you mix it, but it does. I dusted with icing sugar just before serving.
Look at it after 30 minutes in the oven because one hour is way too long, even at 160C.
