Pear Cream Breakfast Cake

Submitted by gwynn

"This is a very yummy breakfast cake. From: A Victorian Lady Inn Bed & Breakfast."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (29 ounce) can pears in heavy syrup, undrained
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄4 cup apricot preserves
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 (9 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1⁄2 cup reserved pear syrup
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drain pears, reserving 1/2 cup of syrup.
3. Slice pears; place on bottom of 8-inch square baking pan.
4. Beat cream cheese, preserves and butter in mixing bowl at medium speed until well blended; pour over pears.
5. Beat cake mix, reserved syrup, oil, egg and ginger in large mixing bowl at low speed until well blended and pour over cream cheese mixture, Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.

Reviews

[Carol M.]

I used to serve this weekly to my guests at my bnb to rave reviews. Many times I would be asked for the recipe. I did omit the oil and butter. The only layer I had was the pear layer on the bottom. I mixed everything else together and poured on the pears.