Preheat the oven to 180˚C (350˚F) and brush a baking tin with some oil. Cover with baking paper.
Add all the wet ingredients in a large bowl together and whisk through. Stir all the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula. Cut a few of the poached pears into small pieces and stir this through the batter. You will need roughly 250 gr for this.
Add the batter into the tin and cover the top with the pears. Sprinkle the almonds over the top.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 40-45 minutes or until golden and cooked.
Leave to cool completely on a wire rack and serve with whipped double cream, ice cream or just a sprinkling of icing sugar.