Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        ***TOPPING***
  2        tablespoons  butter -- melted
     1/2           cup  packed brown sugar
  2                     pears -- peeled and sliced
                        ***CAKE***
  1                     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              pinch  nutmeg
  1              pinch  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