Upside-Down Pear Cake Recipe

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Upside-Down Pear Cake
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Ingredients
20
Count
Nutrition
1423
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch (3 high) round cake pan.
  3. Sprinkle with brown or maple sugar.
  4. Cream 5 tablespoons butter (or margarine) with brown and white sugar.
  5. Add maple syrup and salt.
  6. Spread topping mixture into prepared pan.
  7. Press pear slices into sugar mixture, arranging them in a spoke design.
  8. Set aside while preparing cake batter.
  9. Sift together dry ingredients (flour-cinnamon). Set aside.
  10. In a medium bowl, cream 6 tablespoons and 1 cup brown or maple sugar together until light.
  11. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
  12. Add sour cream, beating until smooth.
  13. Mix in maple syrup.
  14. Fold in flour mixture and then walnuts, if using.
  15. Pour batter into prepared pan (over pears).
  16. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  17. Cool 10 minutes.
  18. Run knife around cake and invert cake onto platter, leave pan on cake an additional 5 minutes before removing pan very carefully.
  19. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream topping (recipe follows).
  20. To make whipped cream topping: Beat cream until soft peaks form.
  21. Add sugar and bourbon, if using.
  22. Continue beating until soft peaks form again.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1422.57 Kcal (5956 kJ)
Calories from fat 648.33 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 72.04g 111%
Cholesterol 188.7mg 63%
Sodium 2277.11mg 95%
Potassium 953.35mg 20%
Total Carbs 182.85g 61%
Sugars 103.77g 415%
Dietary Fiber 12.28g 49%
Protein 18.41g 37%
Vitamin C 6.9mg 11%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 5.3mg 29%
Calcium 392.2mg 39%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 280.3 Kcal (1174 kJ)
Calories from fat 127.74 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.19g 111%
Cholesterol 37.18mg 63%
Sodium 448.67mg 95%
Potassium 187.84mg 20%
Total Carbs 36.03g 61%
Sugars 20.45g 415%
Dietary Fiber 2.42g 49%
Protein 3.63g 37%
Vitamin C 1.4mg 11%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 1mg 29%
Calcium 77.3mg 39%

* 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

  • 33.7
    Points
  • 39
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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