Name: Upside Down Pear Cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup packed brown sugar; 16 tbsp unsalted room temperature butter; 1 quart canned pears, drained; 2 1/4 cups flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs, separated; 3/4 cup milk; 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

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Upside Down Pear Cake

Course: Dessert

Keyword: upside down cake

Ingredients

3/4 cup packed brown sugar
16 tbsp unsalted room temperature butter
1 quart canned pears, drained
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, separated
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a saucepan, combine brown sugarand 4 tablespoons of butter. Melt over medium heat, stirring constantly. Spreadinto the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan. Arranged drained pears in a spiralpattern over the sauce.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, andcinnamon.
In a large bowl, beat the remaining butter with sugaruntil creamy. Next, beat in egg yolks, flour mixture, milk, and vanilla untilwell blended.
In a small bowl, beat egg whites until a soft peakstage; fold into the batter and spread over pears.
Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes. Coolon a wire rack and turn over onto a serving platter.