3 black pear tea cake Recipes

unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more, all-purpose flour, almond flour or almond meal, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, black sesame seeds, sugar, egg, egg yolk, buttermilk, firm but ripe bosc pear, peeled, cored, cut into 1/4 cubes

late-harvest riesling, water, pear nectar, cardamom pods, crushed, cinnamon sticks, broken, black tea leaves (such as darjeeling or assam), peeled bosc pears, cored and halved, mascarpone cheese, butter, frozen low-fat lb cake (such as sara lee), thawed and cut into 8 slices