Upside Down Pear Cake
Baked and caramelized pears with a fluffy spice cake on top.
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 4 pears Peeled, cored and sliced
Pear Glaze:
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon salted butter - melted
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
For Cake Batter:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt this cake has a sweet and salty vibe going on so if you don't love that reduce the salt to 3/4 teaspoon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup salted butter - melted
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Line a 9 inch round cake tin with parchment paper on the bottom and then grease the pan.
- Peel, core and slice the pears and place the slices onto the bottom of the cake pan.
- Mix together the glaze mixture and pour over the pears.
- In another bowl, add together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and stir together.
- Add the vanilla, melted butter, milk and egg to the flour mixture and mix together until a smooth batter forms.
- Dump the cake batter over the pears and then bake for 40-43 minutes or until the center of the cake is risen and bounces back slightly when pressed on with your finger.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool until warm, run a knife along side the edge of the cake pan so it isn't sticking to the pan anywhere.
- Prepare a cake serving dish and place it serving side down on top of the cake pan then flip the pan over so the parchment paper lined side of the cake is now facing upwards.
- Remove the parchment paper and enjoy.