PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD CAKE
This gingerbread-based cake is both festive and homey thanks to the additions of pear and its upside-down make.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes one 9-inch-square cake
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch-square cake pan; set aside. In a large bowl, toss pears with lemon juice. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar. Add half the pears, cut sides down, in single layer; cook until brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn pears over; cook other sides until brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer cooked pears to a plate. Cook remaining pears; transfer to plate. To pear juices in skillet, add brandy, and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar. Cook, stirring, until reduced to syrup, about 1 minute. Pour into cake pan; swirl to spread. Starting in one corner of pan, fan out pears in single layer; arrange so the tapered sides lie in same direction. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt; set aside. In bowl of an electric mixer, beat remaining 8 tablespoons butter until fluffy. Add brown sugar; beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes. Add eggs; beat to combine. Beat in molasses and grated ginger.
- Add half of flour mixture; combine on low speed. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and boiling water; beat into batter. Beat in remaining flour mixture until combined. Pour into pan; bake 25 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees. bake until springy to the touch, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Run a knife between pan and cake. Invert cake onto a serving plate. Arrange pears as needed, and serve.
SPICED PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
The flavors of fresh, sweet pears and gingerbread blend beautifully in this intriguing variation on pineapple upside down cake. Leftovers-if there are any-taste great with coffee or tea the next day. -Lisa Varner, El Paso, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Pour melted butter into a 9-in. square baking pan; sprinkle with nuts and brown sugar. Arrange pears over nuts., In a large bowl, cream softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating well after each addition., Spread batter over pears. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 419 calories, Fat 25g fat (13g saturated fat), Cholesterol 77mg cholesterol, Sodium 347mg sodium, Carbohydrate 47g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD
I prefer to bake from scratch, but this Christmasy cake mix recipe is a favorite. For a change of pace, use apples and walnuts in place of the pears and pecans. -Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix pecans, brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Arrange pear slices over pecan mixture, overlapping slightly., Prepare cake mix according to package directions, folding ginger into batter. Pour over pears. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts :
UPSIDE-DOWN PEAR GINGERBREAD CAKE
Categories Cake Fruit Ginger Dessert Bake Christmas Thanksgiving Pear Winter Christmas Eve Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make topping:
- Peel and core pears and cut each into 8 wedges.
- Melt butter in skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides. Reduce heat to low, then sprinkle brown sugar over bottom of skillet and cook, undisturbed, 3 minutes (not all sugar will be melted). Arrange pears decoratively over sugar and cook, undisturbed, 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Make cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together molasses and boiling water in a small bowl. Beat together butter, brown sugar, and egg in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes, then alternately mix in flour mixture and molasses in 3 batches at low speed until smooth.
- Pour batter over topping in skillet, spreading evenly and being careful not to disturb pears, and bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
- Cool cake in skillet on a rack 5 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of skillet, then invert a large plate with a lip over skillet and, using pot holders to hold skillet and plate tightly together, invert cake onto plate. Replace any pears that stick to skillet. Serve warm or at room temperature.
UPSIDE DOWN PEAR GINGERBREAD CAKE
Delicious, yet easy to make. The perfect dessert for a Thanksgiving or Christmas feast.
Provided by blondiegreen
Categories Desserts Cakes Upside-Down Cake Recipes
Time 2h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a bowl, lightly mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt until thoroughly combined.
- Place 1/4 cup of butter into a 10-inch springform pan, put it in the oven, and allow to melt for a minute or two. Sprinkle the melted butter evenly with brown sugar. Pat the pear halves dry with paper towels, and cut each half into 3 slices lengthwise. Arrange the pear slices in a spiral pattern on top of the brown sugar. Without disturbing the arranged slices, spray the inside walls of the pan with cooking spray.
- Beat the white sugar and 1/2 cup of butter in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until creamy; beat in the egg, then mix in the molasses. Mix the flour mixture into the molasses mixture, then stir in the hot water. Pour the batter into the springform pan on top of the pear slices.
- Bake the cake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely in the pan before inverting on a serving dish and removing pan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 368.3 calories, Carbohydrate 62.7 g, Cholesterol 46 mg, Fat 12.3 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 7.5 g, Sodium 357.6 mg, Sugar 34.7 g
GINGER-PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
Delicious, slightly caramelized dessert.
Provided by Allan Rutherford
Categories Desserts Cakes Upside-Down Cake Recipes
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place 1/3 cup butter in a 9-inch square pan and set in the preheating oven to melt, about 5 minutes.
- Stir molasses, brown sugar, and ginger into the melted butter. Arrange pears cut-side down over mixture.
- Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Add milk, 1/3 cup butter, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg until combined, about 2 minutes. Pour batter over pears.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
- Run a knife around the edge of the pan; place a plate on top of the cake and flip carefully.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 430.9 calories, Carbohydrate 68 g, Cholesterol 65.5 mg, Fat 16.7 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 10.2 g, Sodium 402.4 mg, Sugar 45.4 g
PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD CAKE
I found this recipe in a magazine several years ago and finally made it last month. It is a very pretty gingerbread cake that tastes delicious.
Provided by Kathy
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 F Peel, core, and slice pears lengthwise into 1/4" slices.
- Combine 1 Tbls ginger, lemon juice, and pear slices.
- Coat a 9" x 2" round cake pan with cooking spray; sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Arrange pears in bottom of pan in a circular pattern.
- Combine brown sugar and butter in a large mixer bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended.
- Beat in egg.
- Add buttermilk, molasses, and 1 Tbls ginger; beat until well blended.
- Combine flour and remaining ingredients EXCEPT powdered sugar.
- Add flour mixture to batter; stir until well blended.
- Pour over pears.
- Bake 40 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
- Cool in pan 20 minutes on wire rack.
- Sprinkle a serving plate with powdered sugar.
- Invert cake onto serving plate.
- When completely cool, garnish with mint leaves and raspberries.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 254.8, Fat 6.8, SaturatedFat 4, Cholesterol 39.1, Sodium 314.7, Carbohydrate 46.9, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 29.1, Protein 3.3
GINGERBREAD PEAR CAKE
Gingerbread and pears are combined in a beautiful and tasty upside down cake that is a delightful blend of fruit and spice.
Provided by Mallinda
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes Spice Cake
Time 1h
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Mix the melted butter, corn syrup, and brown sugar in a 9-inch round cake pan.
- Slice pear halves in half lengthwise. Place a pecan in the center of each pear quarter. Place pears cut side down in the cake pan, arranging them like spokes radiating from the center of the pan. Sprinkle any remaining pecans around the pears.
- Prepare the cake mix according to package directions, and pour over the pears and pecans in the cake pan.
- Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool slightly before turning out onto a serving dish.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 371.5 calories, Carbohydrate 59 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 14.9 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 377.4 mg, Sugar 12.9 g
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