I continue in the trend of “small” cakes with this dessert. Pear Cream Cheese Cake Bars are kind of a canapé, as you probably eat these nine pieces right away. They are special by adding cream cheese into batter, so batter is soft and creamy. Not soft like a sponge cake, with its density, it resembles more to a brownie, but thanks to cream cheese it is very soft. In addition to pears, the taste is created with lemon – juice and peel – and of course cinnamon. After all, cinnamon and pears are an inseparable fall combination. Pears also go well with soft creamy taste of the cake, so there is a risk that nine pieces will not be enough and you will have to make a double batch.
Pear Cream Cheese Cake Bars
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
1 hrs
Creamy cake bars with cream cheese and pears cubes in batter
Servings: 9 pieces
Ingredients
- 3 large pears
- 2 tbsp crystal sugar
- Half of lemon (zest+ juice)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 125 g butter
- 130 g icing sugar
- 4 eggs
- 250 g cream cheese
- 50 g all-purpose flour
- 1 pack of baking powder (12 g)
Instructions
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Peel pears, remove the seeds, and cut pears into cubes.
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Mix them with crystal sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon.
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In the second bowl, whisk butter together with sugar and egg yolks until fluffy.
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Add cream cheese, lemon zest and flour mixed with baking powder, stir well.
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In another bowl, using the mixer, beat egg whites until fluffy and not liquid.
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Incorporate the firm egg white mixture and gently fold it in batter using a spatula.
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Pour the batter in a baking pan covered with baking paper and gently press down pears on the top of batter.
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Bake for about 40 minutes at 170 degrees or until the toothpick comes out clean.
Recipe Notes
- Baking pan - 21 cm
- Recipe adapted from a magazine FOOD ČR
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