Pear Upside-down Cake. Today, Martha puts a seasonal twist on this old-fashioned favorite, eschewing the classic pineapple for sweet and juicy Bartlett pears -- large, bell-shaped fruits with smooth, yellow-green skin. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. Turn a cake plate upside down on top of the cake pan and, using pot holders, carefully invert the cake pan onto the plate.
Dust with a little icing sugar and serve with custard, cream or ice cream! Everyone needs a fool-proof cake, and this pear upside-down cake is your fool-proof cake for fall. Peel and core the pears removing any bruised bits and place on top of the butter and sugar mixture. You can have Pear Upside-down Cake using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Pear Upside-down Cake
- It's 2 of Very Ripe Pears.
- You need 1-2 tablespoons of Brown Sugar.
- You need 50 g of Butter *melted.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of Sugar *OR 1/2 cup for sweeter cake.
- You need 1 cup of Self-Raising Flour.
- It's 2 of Eggs.
- It's 1/2 cup of Milk.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.
- It's of *Note: If you use more pears or a larger tin, make more cake mixture.
Pear upside-down cake is a perfect twist on the classic and it's seriously one of the easiest cakes you will ever make! If you think you read that wrong, nope. And this trumps Pineapple Upside-Down Cake any day of the week for me. Granted, I had never really been a huge fan of Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.
Pear Upside-down Cake instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C. Line a small cake tin with baking paper. Sprinkle Brown Sugar on the baking paper evenly..
- Peel skin and slice Pears and arrange the slices on the baking paper..
- Make the cake mixture. Mix melted Butter and Sugar until creamy, add Egg and Vanilla and mix well. Add Flour and Milk and mix until smooth..
- Pour the mixture over the Pear slices, smooth the surface, and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until cooked. Set aside to cool before turning onto a plate..
Use canned pear halves, one box mix pinapple upside down cake. Follow directions for cake and use canned pear halves sliced as shown and some of the pear syrup (from can) instead of water in the. Arrange pear slices in rows on top. Sprinkle with brown sugar and pecans. Prepare cake batter according to package directions, using the milk and egg.
