Pear and Pecan Upside-down Cake

Name: Pear and Pecan Upside-down Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Bosc pears, cored, peeled, and cut into 1/4-in.-thick slices; 79 milliliters bourbon; 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 3 eggs; 473 milliliters flour; 296 milliliters granulated sugar, divided; 237 milliliters chopped pecans, divided; 1 teaspoon salt, divided; 177 milliliters unsalted butter, plus more for pan; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 177 milliliters plain whole or low-fat yogurt

Pear and Pecan Upside-down Cake requires roughly 2 hours from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 615 calories, 8g of protein, and 29g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, bourbon, vanilla, and a few other things to make it today. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Generously butter a 9-in. cake pan and arrange pear slices in a pattern on the bottom of pan. Set aside.

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Butter

Pear

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Cake Form

Bring 1 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a 10-in. frying pan (not nonstick) over medium-high heat. Lower heat to maintain a steady simmer and cook, undisturbed, until mixture starts to brown (swirl pan to help mixture brown evenly). When mixture turns a medium amber color, add 1/2 cup pecans and cook until fragrant but not burning, about 30 seconds.

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Granulated Sugar

Pecans

Water

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat and slowly stir in bourbon and 1/2 tsp. salt.

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Bourbon

Salt

Pour over pears in buttered pan.

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Pear

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Frying Pan

Put 3/4 cup butter, the brown sugar, and remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl. Beat until smooth and a bit fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Brown Sugar

Butter

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Bowl

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla, baking powder, baking soda, and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt.

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Baking Soda

Vanilla

Egg

Salt

Add half of the flour and beat until combined. Then beat in half of the yogurt. Repeat with remaining flour and yogurt. Stir remaining 1/2 cup pecans into batter (it will be thick).

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Pecans

Yogurt