Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
photo by Kathy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 453.59 g pear
- 29.58 ml fresh ginger, peeled, grated, divided
- 14.79 ml lemon juice
- cooking spray
- 29.58 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml brown sugar
- 59.14 ml butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 118.29 ml low-fat buttermilk
- 59.14 ml molasses
- 236.59 ml flour
- 4.92 ml baking soda
- 2.46 ml cinnamon
- 1.23 ml salt
- 1.23 ml dry mustard
- 1.23 ml clove
- 1.23 ml nutmeg
- 4.92 ml powdered sugar
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Garnish
- mint leaf (optional)
- raspberries (optional)
directions
- Heat oven to 350 F Peel, core, and slice pears lengthwise into 1/4" slices.
- Combine 1 Tbls ginger, lemon juice, and pear slices.
- Coat a 9" x 2" round cake pan with cooking spray; sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Arrange pears in bottom of pan in a circular pattern.
- Combine brown sugar and butter in a large mixer bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended.
- Beat in egg.
- Add buttermilk, molasses, and 1 Tbls ginger; beat until well blended.
- Combine flour and remaining ingredients EXCEPT powdered sugar.
- Add flour mixture to batter; stir until well blended.
- Pour over pears.
- Bake 40 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
- Cool in pan 20 minutes on wire rack.
- Sprinkle a serving plate with powdered sugar.
- Invert cake onto serving plate.
- When completely cool, garnish with mint leaves and raspberries.
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Reviews
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Loved this! It's not only delicious, but beautiful. I thought the cake would dense but it had the consistency of sponge cake, nice and light. I loved the fresh zing of the ginger pear combo and it wasn't overly sweet.I baked it in a black cake pan lined with parchment paper and took it out at 30 mins. Perfect! Thanks for posting the keeper.
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A most delicious easy-to-throw together little cake (even without the lovely garnishes)! Such a perfect size for a small household too! I sifted the dry ingredients before mixing with the wet but otherwise stayed on-track with the recipe. It was so hard to wait the 20 minutes before plating as it smelled so wonderful! DH & I each enjoyed a generous wedge with our afternoon coffee - and it was delicious! Thank you "Kathy" for a lovely little sleeper keeper - we will use it over & over!
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This is SO good! Loved the pears, lemon and ginger on the top and the sugar-dusted pan made such an awesome texture! Really fabulous recipe! (I have to say I was nervous about the 1/4 tsp. of dry mustard, but I made it as the recipe said and it was amazing!) Thanks for posting this recipe. We'll be making it over and over!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kathy
United States