Pear Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pear Upside-Down Cake
Ingredients: 3 fresh pears (1 lb./450 g), peeled Safeway 1 lb For $1.88 thru 02/09; 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice; 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix; 1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding; 4 eggs; 1-1/4 cups water; 1/4 cup oil; 2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping

10 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

3 fresh pears (1 lb./450 g), peeled Safeway 1 lb For $1.88 thru 02/09
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding
4 eggs
1-1/4 cups water
1/4 cup oil
2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping

Directions

1

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2

Cut pears lengthwise in half; remove cores.
3

Cut pear halves lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices; arrange on bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray.
4

Mix sugar and spice; sprinkle over pears.
5

Top with berries.
6

Beat next 5 ingredients with mixer until blended; pour over berries.
7

Bake 35 min.
8

or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.
9

Cool 10 min.
10

Run knife around edges of pan to loosen cake.
11

Place large platter over cake; invert cake onto platter.
12

Gently remove pan.
13

Cool cake slightly.
14

Serve topped with Cool Whip.