How to make pistachio cake with pears

Step 1 - preparations

• Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour or breadcrumbs. You can also line it with baking paper.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (top/bottom heat mode) or 170 degrees (convection).
• Process the pistachios for the cake into a powder - some larger pieces may be left - I process them with a food processor. You can also use, for example, a coffee grinder.
  50 g pistachios

Step 2 - make the pistachio dough

• Mix together the flour, baking powder, and ground pistachios.
  225 g wheat flour - all-purpose, 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  
• Beat the eggs together with sugar until a thick, light, and very fluffy mixture is formed - I beat them for several minutes at high speed with a mixer.
  2 eggs, 150 g sugar
  
• Add about half of the flour with pistachios to the eggs and mix briefly on low speed.
  
• Pour in the oil and mix briefly.
  125 ml oil
  
• Add the rest of the flour and mix briefly - stop mixing when you can still see remnants of flour.
  
• Briefly mix the dough with a spoon.
• Transfer the dough to the prepared mold and level it.
  

Step 3 - prepare the pears

• Wash the pear or pears and cut them in half. Remove the core - you can do this with a spoon.
• Slice the pears into pieces about 0.5 cm thick.
  approx 250 g pears
  
• Arrange the pear pieces on the dough.
  
• Roughly chop the pistachios and sprinkle them over the top of the cake.
  approx 20 g pistachios
  

Step 4 - baking the pistachio cake

• Place the cake in the preheated oven and bake for about 40 minutes - until a dry stick comes out.
• After baking, let the cake cool down.