Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread

Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread

Course :	Cakes
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	8

Ingredients:

		---TOPPING---
2	tablespoons	butter -- melted
1/2	cup	packed brown sugar
2	medium	pears -- peeled and sliced
		---CAKE---
1	large	egg
1/2	cup	sugar
1/2	cup	buttermilk
1/4	cup	butter -- melted
1/4	cup	fancy molasses
1 1/4	cups	flour
2	teaspoons	ginger
1	teaspoon	cinnamon
3/4	teaspoon	baking soda
1	dash	nutmeg
1	dash	cloves

Preparation:

1. Spread butter in 8 inch round cake pan; sprinkle with sugar. Arrange sliced pears, overlapping, in circle to cover pan. 2. Cake: In bowl, beat egg, sugar, buttermilk, butter and molasses. Stir together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; stir into buttermilk mixture just until moistened. 3. Pour over pears. Bake at 375 F for 50-55 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 15 mintues; invert on platter.

Nutritional Information:

289 Calories (kcal); 10g Total Fat; (29% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 48g Carbohydrate; 47mg Cholesterol; 235mg Sodium