Spiced Pear Cake With Caramel Glaze Recipes

CARAMEL-GLAZED PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, gently toss pears and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; let stand 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. In large bowl, beat eggs, 2 cups of the granulated sugar, the oil and 2 teaspoons of the vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed until blended. Fold in pears and pecans. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack.
• In 1-quart heavy saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar, remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the whipping cream to boiling over high heat, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute without stirring. Remove from heat; stir in remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool until slightly thickened. Drizzle glaze over warm cake. Let stand until set.

CARAMEL-GLAZED PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• To make cake:.
• Toss together pears and 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand 5 minutes.
• Beat eggs, 2 cups sugar, and oil at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• Combine flour, salt, and baking soda, and add to egg mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• Fold in pears, chopped pecans, and vanilla extract.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Remove from pan, and drizzle Caramel Glaze over warm cake.
• To make the glaze:.
• Stir together brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 1/2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.

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.

PEAR SPICE CAKE WITH PECAN PRALINE TOPPING

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Stir 1/2 cup butter in small saucepan over medium heat until melted and brown, about 3 minutes. Pour into large bowl. Add spice cake mix, canned pear nectar, eggs, molasses and crystallized ginger. Using electric mixer, beat batter 2 minutes. Fold in pears. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until cake is dark brown and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on rack 15 minutes. Run knife between pan sides and cake to loosen. Release pan sides. Place cake on platter.
• Stir golden brown sugar, whipping cream and remaining 1/2 cup butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until smooth. Boil 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in pecan halves. Spoon warm topping over warm cake. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CARAMEL-GLAZED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat 1/3 cup butter, the granulated sugar and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until blended; beat on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cloves until mixed; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Stir in sour cream and walnuts just until blended. Pour into pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run table knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; carefully turn plate and pan over and remove pan. Cool at room temperature 30 minutes.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in whipping cream; boil and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool about 25 minutes at room temperature, stirring occasionally.
• Spread caramel topping over top of cake, allowing some to run down side of cake.