Pear Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake
"This is a very pretty gingerbread cake that tastes delicious."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (120.3 g)
- Calories 266.9
- Total Fat - 10.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.3 g
- Cholesterol - 32.1 mg
- Sodium - 279.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 35.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.4 g
- Sugars - 22.5 g
- Protein - 9.8 g
- Calcium - 165 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oven to 350 F Peel, core, and slice pears lengthwise into 1/4" slices.
Step 2
Combine 1 Tbls ginger, lemon juice, and pear slices.
Step 3
Coat a 9" x 2" round cake pan with cooking spray; sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Step 4
Arrange pears in bottom of pan in a circular pattern.
Step 5
Combine brown sugar and butter in a large mixer bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended.
Step 6
Beat in egg.
Step 7
Add buttermilk, molasses, and 1 Tbls ginger; beat until well blended.
Step 8
Combine flour and remaining ingredients EXCEPT powdered sugar.
Step 9
Add flour mixture to batter; stir until well blended. Pour over pears.
Step 10
Bake 40 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.
Step 11
Cool in pan 20 minutes on wire rack.
Step 12
Sprinkle a serving plate with powdered sugar. Invert cake onto serving plate. When completely cool, garnish with mint leaves and raspberries.
Tips
No special items needed.