Upside-Down Pear Walnut Cake

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"This is so good.... a moist cake with sliced pears, skillet-baked in a brown sugar sauce, inverted onto a platter for serving, this is a winner."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 8 wedges

ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs or 2 egg whites, from extra-large eggs
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1⁄4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 pears, peeled cored and thinly sliced lengthwise

directions

1. Set oven to 375 degrees.
2. Prepare a 9-inch cast-iron skillet.
3. In a bowl, combine together the flour and the next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves).
4. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs, 1/4 cup butter and molasses; add to the flour mixture, stirring until smooth.
5. In a cast-iron skillet, melt 2 tbsp butter.
6. Stir in 1/3 cup brown sugar; cook over medium heat 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat; sprinkle with walnuts.
8. Place the pear slices in the bottom of the skillet.
9. Pour the batter over the pears; bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
10. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack; invert the cake onto a serving plate.
11. Serve warm, or at room temperature.

Reviews

[Chris Reynolds]

This tasted like a gingerbread with pears to me. We liked it, but I don't know that I would make it again.

 

[Craig Shrum]

So quick, so easy and Oh so tasty! It lasted only 24 hours. Thanks for a great treat.

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

I remember this cake oh so well because I was pretty worried how this would turn out when I'd first made it{you know, inverting the pears was sort of scary - this is about the time when I was quite new at baking}. I used honey as a substitute for the molasses. This was one heck of a good cake! Thank you for bringing back happy memories:)