Melt butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon together on the stove, then pour all over the pears. This will be the TOP of your upside-down pear gingerbread; consider it the cake's built-in frosting. 😉 The gingerbread cake is soft, moist, and robust—the virtual opposite of any dry or bland gingerbreads you've had before. Ready to Make? Keep Screen On Keep Screen On Enjoy this sweet and perky cousin to classic pineapple upside-down cake. By Betty Crocker Kitchens Updated Mar 17, 2006 Ingredients Pear-Ginger Topping 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 3 pears, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch wedges
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Pear and Ginger Upside Down Cake Recipe Maggie Beer
Showcasing favorite flavors of the season, including sweet pears and warming spices, the cake gets a double dose of ginger—the batter features ground ginger, while fresh ginger lends mellow heat to the rich caramel. Choose pears that are ripe but still firm to the touch so they'll hold their shape when thinly sliced on a mandoline. Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in brown sugar. Spread over bottom of a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Arrange pears over top. For cake, mix milk and vinegar; let stand 5 minutes. Ingredients 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 4 medium, very firm Bosc pears—peeled, cored and cut into eighths 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons. Ginger-Pear Upside-Down Cake Recipe This pear upside-down cake with a hint of molasses and ginger is a beautiful dessert with a caramelized top that will tempt your guests. This pear upside-down cake with a hint of molasses and ginger is a beautiful dessert with a caramelized top that will tempt your guests. Skip to content Allrecipes
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gingerbread pear upsidedown cake
Pear and ginger upside down cake is a little winner of a recipe. It's oh so moist, gingery, studded with pecan nuts and topped with sweet, caramel pears. This is almost a cross between a cake and a pudding and is just as happy being served for morning or afternoon tea, or after dinner. 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. Step 2. Using electric mixer, beat molasses, reserved 1/3 cup butter, and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl to blend. Beat in eggs, then preserves. Beat in flour and pumpkin pie spice; stir in diced. Step 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides with nonstick vegetable oil spray. Sift flour and next 8 ingredients into medium bowl. Combine milk and vanilla.
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Ginger Pear Upside Down Cake Eat In Eat Out
Shopping list Print recipe Preparation time less than 30 mins Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour Serves Serves 8 Dietary Ingredients For the pears 50g/1¾oz caster sugar 50g/1¾oz butter, diced, plus. 1. Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F. Grease and line a 24cm (9½-inch) round cake pan. 2. Make orange cinnamon syrup. Place ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer over medium heat 3 minutes or until thickened slightly.
Pear and Ginger Upside-Down Cake Monica Buck Yields MAKES: 10 to 12 servings Make this delicious dessert when pears are at their best. Ingredients 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter, at room temperature 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons chopped crystallized ginger 2 firm-ripe Bosc pears (1 lb. total) In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and allspice. In another bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the remaining 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to medium-low and beat in.
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UpsideDown Pear Gingerbread Cake recipe
Step 1 Peel and core pears and cut each into 8 wedges. Step 2 Melt butter in skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides. Reduce heat to low, then sprinkle brown sugar over bottom of skillet and. STEP 1 Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Line the base of a 23cm deep springform cake tin, brush with 1 tbsp of the melted butter and scatter over the golden caster sugar. STEP 2 Put a piece of stem ginger in the core of each pear half, then lay cut-side down on the base of the tin.