Pear Ginger Cake With Whipped Cream And Rum Caramel Glaze Recipes

UPSIDE-DOWN PEAR GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in brown sugar. Spread over bottom of a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Arrange pears over top., For cake, mix milk and vinegar; let stand 5 minutes. In a large bowl, beat egg, brown sugar, molasses, melted butter and milk mixture until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, salt and cloves; gradually beat into molasses mixture. Spoon carefully over pears., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream, if desired.

PEAR CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine vegetable oil, granulated sugar, and beaten eggs; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until well blended. Stir in vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, and allspice; stir well.
• Add flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the chopped pear, beating at medium speed until blended. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• Spoon Caramel Glaze over cake.
• Caramel Glaze:.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; add brown sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar melts. Remove from heat. Add milk, stirring constantly.
• Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth.