Apple-Pear Upside Down Cake |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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Celebrate the local harvest of pears and apples and make this appealing dessert. Serve warm with ice cream or frozen yogurt. Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter |
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed |
3 tablespoons pecans, toasted, chopped |
2 fresh apples |
1 firm but ripe pear |
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
3/4 cup granulated sugar |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1/3 cup butter, softened |
1 egg |
3/4 cup buttermilk |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
Directions:
1. Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square cake pan. Add butter and melt in a 350F oven.
2. Stir in brown sugar and spread evenly in pan; sprinkle with pecans.
3. Peel, core and thinly slice apples and pear, slicing pear horizontally; toss together and arrange evenly over sugar mixture.
4. CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
5. Add butter, egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
6. With electric mixer, beat on low speed until moistened; beat at medium speed for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl.
7. Spoon over fruit and spread evenly. Bake in a 350F oven for about 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 20 mnutes.
8. Run knife around edge of cake; carefully invert onto a plate, replacing any bits that may stick to pan. Serve warm.
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