Buttermilk Spice Cake with Pear Compote and Crème Fraîche Recipe

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Buttermilk Spice Cake with Pear Compote and Crème Fraîche
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Ingredients
21
Count
Nutrition
382
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For pear compote: Mix sugar, lime juice, and salt in heavy large saucepan. Add pears and toss gently to coat. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until pears are just tender, stirring occasionally, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer mixture to bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill until cold, then cover and keep chilled.
  2. For buttermilk spice cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides; line pan with round of parchment paper. Sift first 9 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating to blend between additions. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean and add lime peel; beat to blend. Beat in flour mixture in 4 additions alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions, scraping down bowl occasionally. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
  3. Bake cake until beginning to brown on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan on cooling rack. DO AHEAD: Cake can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.
  4. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto rack; peel off parchment and turn right side up onto platter. Sift powdered sugar over. Cut into wedges. Serve with pear compote and dollop of crème fraîche.
  5. * A brown, star-shaped seedpod that’s available in the spice section of some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Asian markets.
  6. ** Available at most supermarkets and at specialty foods stores.
  7. Test-kitchen tip: Grind the star anise pods in a spice mill, then strain through a fine sieve. Use only the most finely ground star anise in the cake. Or you can buy ground star anise .
  8. Per serving: 362.9 kcal calories, 50.3 % calories from fat, 20.3 g fat, 12.5 g saturated fat, 105.4 mg cholesterol, 41.8 g carbohydrates, 2.5 g dietary fiber, 25.6 g total sugars, 39.3 g net carbohydrates, 4.2 g protein Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 382.15 Kcal (1600 kJ)
Calories from fat 178.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.8g 30%
Cholesterol 77.52mg 26%
Sodium 261.29mg 11%
Potassium 70.45mg 1%
Total Carbs 44.84g 15%
Sugars 15.06g 60%
Dietary Fiber 2.58g 10%
Protein 6.24g 12%
Vitamin C 3.7mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 80.2mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 184.07 Kcal (771 kJ)
Calories from fat 85.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.54g 30%
Cholesterol 37.34mg 26%
Sodium 125.86mg 11%
Potassium 33.93mg 1%
Total Carbs 21.6g 15%
Sugars 7.26g 60%
Dietary Fiber 1.24g 10%
Protein 3.01g 12%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 6%
Iron 0.2mg 2%
Calcium 38.6mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.8
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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