Pear Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pear Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter; 118 milliliters cornmeal; 3 eggs; 237 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 2 firm ripe pears, peeled, thinly sliced; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Pear Upside-Down Cake requires approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 261 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. A mixture of vanilla, flour, pears, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It works well as a very affordable dessert.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine powdered sugar and 3/4 cup butter; beat at low speed until crumbly.

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Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well at medium speed after each addition.

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Egg

Add vanilla; beat well.

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Vanilla

Add flour, cornmeal and baking powder; mix well.

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Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Place 1/4 cup butter in 9-inch round cake pan.

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Butter

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Heat in oven for about 4 minutes or until butter is melted.

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Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pear slices over mixture in pan, slightly overlapping. Spoon and carefully spread cake batter over pears.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

Spread

Pear

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Bake at 350°F. for 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto serving plate.

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