We had the family, or some of them coming for dinner; my brother, sisters and kids. Time to bake a pudding. This ginger and pear pudding looked just the ticket. I was staying at Mums for the school holidays, and she doesn’t have a set of electronic kitchen scales so I had to pull out all the stops to measure the ingredients.
I used her old fashioned kitchen scales that belonged to my Grandmother to measure the walnuts and the butter, 
but my recipe was in grams, so I had to get out google to convert to ounces and pounds. For the treacle I used google to convert to cups and tablespoons. 
Quite a mission for the mathematically challenged! I have started cooking using precise measurements at home and now way prefer it!!! I missed my 1/4 teaspoon!!! I’m becoming a kitchen utensil geek.!!!
pears filled with walnuts 🙂
The pears were cored and filled with walnuts then cooked standing up inside the cake mixture. They cooked to just the right consistency because the 
pudding was in the oven for 50 minutes, making them firm but soft.
Mmmmmhmmmm
The butterscotch sauce made from butter, cream and brown sugar was the perfect accompaniment. Delish 🙂
