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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.