Thermomix - Pear and Blueberry Cake

5g butter, softened
150g caster sugar
1 egg
160g SR flour
85g buttermilk
450g can pear halves, drained and syrup reserved*
2 cups frozen blueberries*
icing sugar to dust

Preheat oven 180°C. Grease 20cm deep round cake pan (I used a spring form tin.) Line base with baking paper.

Place butter into TM bowl and mix for 5 secs speed 5. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Add sugar and mix to combine for 15 secs/speed 5.
Scrape down sides of bowl and mix again for 5 seconds/speed 5. Scrape bowl.

Add egg and mix approx 10 secs/speed 5. Scrape bowl, then again for 15 secs/speed 5, scrape down.

Add flour and buttermilk and blend for 20 secs/speed 5. Scrape down then 7secs/speed 5.
Pour/scrape into pan.

Cut 4 of the halved pears into quarters lengthwise and arrange on top of the batter, then sprinkle a good amount of blueberries over the surface.

Bake in the oven for approx 45 mins**. Clean TM bowl.

Stand cake for 5 mins then turn onto wire rack/undo collar from springform tin if using. Allow to cool slightly.

Place remaining berries, pears and reserved syrup into a clean TM bowl. Process until smooth.

Dust warm cake with icing sugar and pour a little of the sauce over each slice.

*I could only get a 800g tin and so used 4 halved pears sliced up for the top and a couple for the sauce.
Didn’t measure the blueberries, took a good couple of handfuls out of the frozen pack, same when I made the sauce.

**took longer than 45 mins, but can’t be more precise as I was cooking tea at the same time and didn’t keep an eye on the time.