Warm Pear Ginger Upside-down Cake With Amaretto Wh... Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Warm Pear Ginger Upside-down Cake With Amaretto Wh...
Add your photo!
Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
430
Calories
Total time
65
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. To make the topping ..........................
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
  3. Put the butter and brown sugar in the cake pan and place it in the oven until melted and bubbly about 10 minutes......
  4. Core the pears( no need to peel them ) and cut them into 1/4 inch- thick slices.
  5. Remove the pan from the oven , stir to combine the butter and sugar and arrange the pears on top of the mixture in a circular pattern.
  6. Dont worry if you end up with a second layer of pears.
  7. Sprinkle the candied ginger evenly over the pears.........
  8. ****************************************************
  9. To make the cake ....................
  10. Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment , cream the butter, sugar together on medium -high speed until light and fluffy about 3 minutes.........
  11. Add the eggs and beat for another 30 seconds.
  12. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt in a separate ...........
  13. To the butter mixture, add the flour mixture in 3 increments alternating with the milk in 2 incrementss, starting and ending with the flour, beating on low speed between each addition.........
  14. Stir in the vanilla and candied ginger.
  15. Pour the batter evenly over the pears............
  16. Bake for about 45 minutes if using a 10 inch pan and about 55 minutes for a 9 inch pan
  17. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean........
  18. Remove from the oven and immediately invert onto a large cake plate.
  19. Let it cool for about 15 minutes
  20. Meanwhile make the whipped cream.
  21. *********************************
  22. To make the whipped cream
  23. Usinfg a mixer with a whisk attachment
  24. Beat the the cream on high speed until soft peaks form beat in the powdered sugar and amaretto
  25. Serve the cake slightly warm with the whipped cream alongside
  26. ******************
  27. Makes 6 to 8 servings
  28. Note........... if you dont want the whipped cream .skip it and serve with ice cream
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 429.73 Kcal (1799 kJ)
Calories from fat 139.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.53g 24%
Cholesterol 73.09mg 24%
Sodium 245.42mg 10%
Potassium 447.85mg 10%
Total Carbs 69.67g 23%
Sugars 56.82g 227%
Dietary Fiber 1.68g 7%
Protein 3.23g 6%
Vitamin C 2.2mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 0.5mg 3%
Calcium 94.8mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 258.58 Kcal (1083 kJ)
Calories from fat 84.09 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.34g 24%
Cholesterol 43.98mg 24%
Sodium 147.68mg 10%
Potassium 269.49mg 10%
Total Carbs 41.92g 23%
Sugars 34.19g 227%
Dietary Fiber 1.01g 7%
Protein 1.95g 6%
Vitamin C 1.3mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 0.3mg 3%
Calcium 57.1mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.6
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top