Vanilla cake with pears

This year has been very difficult in terms of fruits here in my yard, others years had apricots, apples and pears after. In the spring there was a frost time  that made the flowers of the trees are falling, so no apricots, only  some apples (very few) and a  few pears.
When I had someones  (which survived) I thought I have to do something besides that I love and this is the recipe:
A cake with pears.
Source :If in doubt, bake a cake!

Vanilla cake con pears

For the pears

6 pears

3/4 lt water
300 g sugar
juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
1 cinnamon stick

Combine last 4 ingredients in a large saucepan, bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. 
Slice off the bottom of each peeled pear so that it stands upright and remove the seeds.
 Carefully put pears in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, turning occasionally, until pears are slightly tender and soft, for about 10 minutes. 
Transfer to a platter.

For the batter

180 g. butter room temperature
190 g sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
190 g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
40 ml milk

Preheat the oven to 180°c.
Grease 18 cm round cake pan.
Beat butter and sugar on medium speed until ligt and fluffy for about 5 minutes.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add the vanilla extract. Sift the flour and combine it with baking powder.
Reduce the speed of an electric mixer to low and add the half of the flour mixture to butter and egg mixture in a few additions.
Add milk, followed by the rest of dry ingredients. beat a few more times.
Pour the batter into the cake pan. carefully push in the pears until they reach the bottom.
Bake for about 1hour or until toothpick comes out clean.

You can serve with Vanilla Ice cream or some berries.

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EN ESPAÑOL

Cake de vainilla con peras

Ingredientes

(para las peras)

6 peras
3/4 lt de agua
300 g de azúcar
jugo y cáscara de 1/2 limón
1 palo de canela

En una olla unir el agua, la canela, el jugo de limón y la cáscara de limón.
Pelar las peras con cuidado, sacar las semillas y cortar un trozo de la base para que se puedan parar bien.
Colocar las peras en la olla y poner a hervir un rato.
Cocinar por unos 10 minutos hasta que esten tiernas.
Reservar en un plato

Para el cake

180g de mantequilla
190 g de azúcar  
3 huevos
1/2 cucharadita de vainilla
190 g de harina
1 cucharadita de polvos de hornear
40 ml de leche

Preparación

Precalentar el horno a 180°c.
Engrasar un molde de 18 cm. de diámetro.
En un bol batir la mantequilla con el azúcar con batidora o a mano por unos 5 minutos.
Agregar los huevos de a uno. Batiendo bien.
Agregar la vainilla y finalmente la harina cernida con polvos de hornear.
Mezclar bien.
 Finalmente agregar la leche y mezclar bien hasta tener una mezcla suave.
Vaciar la mezcla en el molde y agregar cuidadosamente las peras, que queden  paraditas.
Llevar a horno por aproximadamente una hora o hasta que esté dorado.
Se puede pinchar con una brocheta de bambú.
Servir con helado o con frutos rojos.