Pear Upside-Down Cake

18 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • The topping:
  • 4 Bosc or Bartlett pears
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • The batter:
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sour cream

Directions

  1. 1
    Make topping: Peel, quarter and core pears. Toss with lemon juice. In a 9-inch skillet, melt butter and sugar. Add pears; cook until tips look translucent, about 8 minutes. Let cool.
  2. 2
    Preheat oven to 350°F. Wrap outside of 6- or 7-inch springform pan in foil; grease inside. Arrange pears in pan and pour skillet syrup on top. Let cool.
  3. 3
    Prepare batter: Sift together flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Set aside. In a bowl, beat sugar and egg until fluffy and thick, about 4 minutes. Mix in molasses and melted butter. Add half of dry ingredients, sour cream and then rest of dry ingredients just until smooth. Scrape batter into pan on top of cooled pears.
  4. 4
    Bake 50 to 60 minutes, until springy. Let cool for 2 minutes, then invert a platter on top of skillet and flip to unmold.

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