upside down pear-spiced cake |
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| Course : |
Cakes |
| From: |
HungryMonster.com |
| Serves: |
16 |
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| this recipe makes a 16 slice rich sponge cake with a caramel topping with glaze the sides of the cake.
the cake has a rich dark brown colour and has a soft spongy texture on the inside. |
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Ingredients:
| 3 |
medium |
pears |
| 1/2 |
pound |
butter softened |
| 2 |
cups |
granulated sugar |
| 3 |
cups |
flour |
| 3 |
teaspoon |
baking powder |
| 1 |
cup |
milk |
| 1 |
teaspoon |
cinnamon |
| 1/2 |
teaspoon |
nutmeg |
| 1/4 |
teaspoon |
allspice |
| 1 |
teaspoon |
vanilla extract |
| 2 |
tablespoons |
brown sugar |
| 4 |
large |
eggs |
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Preparation:
wash pears and slice thinly andplace in water with afew drops of lime juice
preheat oven to 350
cream butter and sugar until fluffy and pale
and egss one at a time about a minute after each addition
sift dry ingridents and seperate into 3 sections
alternately add flour mixture and milk ending with flour
grease and line a 9in pan srinkle with brown sugarand arrange pear slices at the base of the pan
pour cake batter over pear slices and bake for 45 minutes or until skewer come out clean |