Pear Upside-Down Cake

Pear Upside-Down Cake
You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Pear Upside-Down Cake a try. One serving contains 315 calories, 3g of protein, and 9g of fat. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up cream, butter, egg, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

1
Make topping: Peel, quarter and core pears. Toss with lemon juice. In a 9-inch skillet, melt butter and sugar.
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2
Add pears; cook until tips look translucent, about 8 minutes.
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3
Let cool.
4
Preheat oven to 350F. Wrap outside of 6- or 7-inch springform pan in foil; grease inside. Arrange pears in pan and pour skillet syrup on top.
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5
Let cool.
6
Prepare batter: Sift together flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Set aside. In a bowl, beat sugar and egg until fluffy and thick, about 4 minutes.
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7
Mix in molasses and melted butter.
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8
Add half of dry ingredients, sour cream and then rest of dry ingredients just until smooth. Scrape batter into pan on top of cooled pears.
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9
Bake 50 to 60 minutes, until springy.
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10
Let cool for 2 minutes, then invert a platter on top of skillet and flip to unmold.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings8
Health Score1
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