Medium

Ginger-Pear Upside-Down Cake

Total Time
1h 11m
16m prep · 55m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

Delicious, slightly caramelized dessert.

Ingredients

  • 0.33 cups butter
  • 0.25 cups molasses
  • 0.25 cups brown sugar
  • 0.75 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 20 ounces canned pear halves , drained

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Place 1/3 cup butter in a 9-inch square pan and set in the preheating oven to melt, about 5 minutes.

  3. 3

    Stir molasses, brown sugar, and ginger into the melted butter. Arrange pears cut-side down over mixture.

  4. 4

    Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Add milk, 1/3 cup butter, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg until combined, about 2 minutes. Pour batter over pears.

  5. 5

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes.

  6. 6

    Run a knife around the edge of the pan; place a plate on top of the cake and flip carefully.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

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