Pear Oatmeal Cake

Start your day off right with this healthy diabetic friendly cake. It made with wholemeal, oats, and pears for a moist flavorful cake with terrific texture.

Prep time: 15 minutes (Plus standing time)
Cook time: 1 hour

(Make 16 serves)

Amount Per Serving: 170 Calories, 30 g. Carbohydrates, 2.6 g. Dietary Fiber, 4.5 g. Fat, 0.8 g. Saturated Fat

Ingredients:

• 2 cans (13.5 oz. each) of pear halves in syrup
• 1 cup of rolled oats
• 1/2 cup of dairy-low-fat spread
• 1/2 tsp. of vanilla essence
• 3/4 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup of white self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup of wholemeal self-raising flour
• 1/2 tsp. of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp. of ground ginger

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease and line sides of deep 9-inch-square cake pan.
• Drain pears over small-size saucepan. Heat syrup with oats, remove from heat, let stand about 20 min.
• Meanwhile, in small-size bowl, beat spread, vanilla and sugar with electric mixer until combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.
• Add oat mixture and combined sifted remaining ingredients, stir until well combine. Pour mixture into prepared pan, place pears on top, cut-side down.
• Bake, uncovered, in oven for 55 min. serve warm.

Source : Women’s Weekly

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