Upside-Down Pear Cake

by

Fresco

Posted April 5, 2022 (Last updated April 5, 2022)

Serves

8

Total Time

1hrs 5mins

Calories

475

Carmelized pear slices become the topping for this warm spiced upside-down cake.

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    Ingredients

  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter4 tablespoonscubed
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar205 g
  • Water icon
    Water60 ml
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon½ teaspoonjuice of
  • Pear icon
    Pear2peeled, sliced
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour195 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder1 ½ teaspoons
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon1 teaspoon
  • Ground ginger icon
    Ground ginger½ teaspoon
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter8 tablespoonsroom temperature
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar195 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg2
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract1 ½ teaspoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk120 ml
    Method

  • 1. Grease a clean round pan
  • 2. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  • 3. Add salted butter to a clean small bowl then set aside
  • 4. Add granulated sugar, water and lemon to a clean saucepan
  • 5. Heat until just boiling
  • 6. Simmer until golden brown - 5 min
  • 7. Whisk in salted butter into caramel bit by bit until smooth, then set aside
  • 8. Arrange pear slices in the round pan
  • 9. Pour caramel onto the pears
  • 10. Add all purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and ground ginger to a clean small bowl
  • 11. Whisk briefly until blended
  • 12. Add salted butter and light brown sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  • 13. Cream together until light and fluffy - 3 min
  • 14. Add eggs to the butter-sugar mixture one by one while mixing
  • 15. Add vanilla extract and milk to the batter
  • 16. Mix until just combined
  • 17. Transfer dry ingredients to batter bit by bit while mixing
  • 18. Transfer batter to the round pan
  • 19. Bake until skewer tests clean - 35 min, 175°C
  • 20. Let cool in pan - 10 min
  • 21. Turn out carefully

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