Low carb pear, cinnamon and cream sponge cake.

Talking of pears ha ha, check this out, just keep the portion size low.



Ingredients:
100g ground almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon of melted butter
2 tablespoons of double cream
2 tea spoons of cinnamon
120 grams of tinned pear quarters (get the pears in juice not syrup)

Method:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Almonds, baking powder and cinnamon.
Melt the butter, I use a Pyrex jug, add the eggs, cream, then add the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour mix into a 6" x 3" micro-wave safe glass dish, cook at 700 watts for 3 minutes. Allow to cool and cut in half. Spread on extra thick cream and add tinned pear quarters, dust with cinnamon powder. Serves four to six.

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I will be trying that at the weekend.

Go for it Beardie they taste great and won't blow your BG numbers up. Check out the link lot's of other low carb cakes on our food blog.

I make that at less than 40g carbs for the whole thing.
if am right I could have my favourite roast chicken and boiled broccoli followed by half that cake.

beardie wrote:I make that at less than 40g carbs for the whole thing.
if am right I could have my favourite roast chicken and boiled broccoli followed by half that cake.

It is a long time since I measured the carb content, but I reckon you are not far wrong. These cakes eaten in sensible amounts made very little difference to my BG numbers. TBH I am not overly into cakes, but every now and again it makes for a nice treat. Most nights I eat some low carb fruits with plenty of double cream. Berries are very low carb.

Eddie wrote:Talking of pears ha ha, check this out, just keep the portion size low.

Ingredients:
100g ground almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon of melted butter
2 tablespoons of double cream
2 tea spoons of cinnamon
120 grams of tinned pear quarters (get the pears in juice not syrup)

Method:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Almonds, baking powder and cinnamon.
Melt the butter, I use a Pyrex jug, add the eggs, cream, then add the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour mix into a 6" x 3" micro-wave safe glass dish, cook at 700 watts for 3 minutes. Allow to cool and cut in half. Spread on extra thick cream and add tinned pear quarters, dust with cinnamon powder. Serves four to six.

Back in April 2015, this was posted on the Forum.
Thought I'd bump it up.

Quick, easy and low carb  

All the best Jan