Upside-Down Pear Spice Cake
Upside-Down Pear Spice Cake

Preparation time 30 minutes

Total time: 1 hour

Ingredients

  1. 5 mL (1 teaspoon) baking powder
  2. 375 mL (1 1/2 cups) flour
  3. 125 mL (1/2 cup) molasses
  4. 250 mL (1 cup) unsweetened applesauce
  5. 2 eggs
  6. 125 mL (1/2 cup) packed brown sugar
  7. 60 mL (1/4 cup) soft butter
  8. 1 tin (796 mL / 28 oz) pear halves, drained and each sliced in four
  9. 125 mL (1/2 cup) packed brown sugar
  10. 60 mL (1/4 cup) melted butter
  11. 5 mL (1 teaspoon) baking soda
  12. 10 mL (2 teaspoons) ground ginger
  13. 5 mL (1 teaspoon) ground cinnamon
  14. 2 mL (1/2 teaspoon) ground cloves
  15. 1 mL (1/4 teaspoon) salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F).
  1. Grease a 23-cm (9-inch), 1.5-litre round cake tin. In a small bowl, mix melted butter and brown sugar. Spread the mixture over the bottom of the greased tin. Arrange pear slices on top of brown sugar mixture, overlapping to form a circle and cover the entire pan. Set aside.
  2. Using an electric mixer, combine remaining butter and brown sugar in a bowl. Add eggs and beat until mixture is pale and light. Stir in applesauce and molasses, and mix until batter is smooth.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Gradually stir dry ingredients into molasses mixture, mixing until smooth. Spread batter over pears.
  4. Bake cake in oven for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter. Enjoy!

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