Pear-Pecan Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pear-Pecan Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 3 Bosc pears, peeled, halved lengthwise and cored; 118 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 59 milliliters cornmeal; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour; 158 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 79 milliliters pecans, toasted and finely chopped; 0 teaspoons salt; 7 Tbsps unsalted butter, plus more for greasing; 3 tablespoons cut into small pieces, 4 tablespoons softened; 2 Tbsps whole milk, at room temperature

Pear-Pecan Upside-Down Cake is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe makes 4 servings with 704 calories, 8g of protein, and 29g of fat each. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up ground cinnamon, bosc pears, nutmeg, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Butter the inside of a 5-quart round slow cooker, then line it completely with a large sheet of foil and butter the foil. Turn the cooker on low.

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Butter

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Slow Cooker

Aluminum Foil

Sprinkle the cut-up butter and the brown sugar over the foil in the cooker.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Add the pears, arranging them in a circle, cut-side down.

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Pear

Mix the flour, pecans, cornmeal, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl. In the large bowl of a mixer, beat the softened butter and granulated sugar on low speed until just blended. Increase the speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Powder

Cinnamon

Cornmeal

Butter

Nutmeg

Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

With the mixer on low speed, beat the dry ingredients into the butter mixture in two batches, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.

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Butter

Milk

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Blender

Mix on medium speed just until the batter is smooth.

Spread over the pears in the slow cooker. Drape paper towels over the top of the slow cooker (not touching the cake) to prevent condensation from dripping onto the cake. Cover and cook on low until the cake sets and the sides brown, about 3 hours. Turn off the cooker and let the cake rest about 20 minutes.

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Spread