Pear Upside Down Cake With Pecans Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter | 1 Tablespoon | |
| 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar | ||
| Pear | 1 Cup (16 tbs), thinly sliced | |
| Pecan halves | 8 | |
| All purpose flour | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking soda | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Granulated Sugar | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Butter | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), softened | |
| Egg | 1 Large | |
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Almond extract | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| 1/3 cup low-fat sour cream | ||
| Milk fat | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Place butter in a 9-inch round cake pan; place in oven 2 minutes or until butter melts. Remove pan from oven.
3. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over bottom of pan. Arrange pear slices and pecan halves spokelike over sugar; set aside.
4. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter, egg, and extracts with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream and half of flour mixture; beat well. Add remaining flour mixture and milk; beat well. Pour batter over pear slices, spreading gently. Bake at 350° for 30 to 33 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes.
5. Run a sharp knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Place a serving plate upside-down over pan; invert cake onto serving plate.
2. Place butter in a 9-inch round cake pan; place in oven 2 minutes or until butter melts. Remove pan from oven.
3. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over bottom of pan. Arrange pear slices and pecan halves spokelike over sugar; set aside.
4. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter, egg, and extracts with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream and half of flour mixture; beat well. Add remaining flour mixture and milk; beat well. Pour batter over pear slices, spreading gently. Bake at 350° for 30 to 33 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes.
5. Run a sharp knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Place a serving plate upside-down over pan; invert cake onto serving plate.
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