Upside-Down Pear Cake
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- Total Time
- 1hr 5mins
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- Serves
- 8
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- Calories
- 475
Carmelized pear slices become the topping for this warm spiced upside-down cake.
recipe updated 17 Feb 2022
Ingredients
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- Salted butter
- 4 tablespoons
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- Granulated sugar
- 205 g
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- Water
- 60 ml
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- Lemon
- ½ teaspoon
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- Pear
- 2
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- Plain flour
- 195 g
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- Baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon
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- Ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon
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- Salted butter
- 8 tablespoons
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- Light brown sugar
- 195 g
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- Egg
- 2
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- Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ teaspoons
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- Milk
- 120 ml
Tools
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Stand Mixer
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Oven
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Whisk
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Stove
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Saucepan
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Large mixing bowl
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Round pan - 9 x 2"
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Small bowl
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Step preview
- Grease a clean round pan
- Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- Add salted butter to a clean small bowl then set aside
- Add granulated sugar, water and lemon to a clean saucepan
- Heat until just boiling - medium heat
- Simmer until golden brown - 5 min, medium heat
- Whisk in salted butter into caramel bit by bit until smooth, then set aside
- Arrange pear slices in the round pan
- Pour caramel onto the pears
- Add plain flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and ground ginger to a clean small bowl
- Whisk briefly until blended
- Add salted butter and light brown sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- Cream together until light and fluffy - 3 min, medium speed
- Add eggs to the butter-sugar mixture one by one while mixing
- Add vanilla extract and milk to the batter
- Mix until just combined
- Transfer dry ingredients to batter bit by bit while mixing
- Transfer batter to the round pan
- Bake until skewer tests clean - 35 min, 175°C
- Let cool in pan - 10 min
- Turn out carefully