Pear and juniper berry cake

Name: Pear and juniper berry cake
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: Cake; 375 grams walnuts; 6 eggs; 585 grams caster sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup (250ml) buttermilk; 250 grams butter (melted); 2 and 2/3 cups self-raising flour; Juniper berry poached pears; 3 cups (750ml) dry white wine; 3 cups (750ml) water; 2 cups (440g) caster sugar; 2 medium (50g) beetroots; 2 tablespoons crushed juniper berries; 1 tablespoon black peppercorns; 3 fresh bay leaves; 2 small corella pears (200g) peeled; 5 medium beurre bosc pears (1.15kg), peeled; Treacle buttercream; 350 grams butter (chopped, softened); 250 grams cream cheese (chopped, softened); 1 1/2 cups (240g) pure icing sugar; 2 tablespoons treacle

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This cake is a feast for the eyes as well as the tastebuds

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