Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears

Name: Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 5 Bartlett pears; 158 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters cake flour; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 237 milliliters crème fraîche; 4 larges egg yolks; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 Finely grated zest of lemon; 118 milliliters light brown sugar; 3 inches long strip of orange zest; 750 milliliters Riesling; 1 teaspoons salt; 3 star anise pods; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 237 milliliters water

Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 40 servings with 135 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, granulated sugar, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter a 9-inch cake pan and line it with a 9-inch round of parchment paper. Butter the parchment paper.

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Butter

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Baking Paper

Cake Form

In a bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat the butter with both sugars at medium-high speed until light and fluffy.

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Baking Powder

Cake Flour

Butter

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Add the yolks, one at a time, beating well between additions. Beat in the lemon zest and vanilla extract. At low speed, alternately beat in the flour mixture and the buttermilk until almost blended. With a rubber spatula, finish folding the mixture together just until smooth. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

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Vanilla Extract

Buttermilk

Lemon Zest

All Purpose Flour

Egg Yolk

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Oven

Spatula

Frying Pan

Transfer the cake to a rack to cool completely.

Peel and halve the pears. With a spoon, scoop out the cores and discard. In a large saucepan, combine the Riesling, water, sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, orange zest and star anise pods. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

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Vanilla Bean

Orange Zest

Star Anise

Riesling

Pear

Seeds

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the pear halves and simmer over moderate heat, turning once, until tender, about 5 minutes.

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Pear

Transfer the pears to a large plate. Discard the star anise, vanilla bean and orange zest. Boil the Riesling poaching liquid over high heat until reduced to 1 cup and syrupy, about 15 minutes. When the pears have cooled, slice them lengthwise 1/3 inch thick.

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Vanilla Bean

Orange Zest

Star Anise

Riesling

Pear

In a small bowl, combine the crme frache, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds and confectioners' sugar.

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Powdered Sugar