Pear Ginger Cake With Buttered Rum Sauce Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Pear Ginger Cake With Buttered Rum Sauce
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 (29 oz) can pears in heavy syrup
  • 1 (18 oz) package spice cake mix
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup rum

Directions:

  1. Drain pears and reserve 1/3 cup of the syrup. Cut each pear half into 4 pieces.
  2. Mix brown sugar and 6 tablespoons melted butter and spread in the bottom of a greased 9x13 baking pan. Arrange pear pieces, rounded side up, in rows on top of sugar mixture.
  3. Mix together cake mix, buttermilk, reserved pear syrup, oil, eggs, ginger, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Mix 1 minute on low speed. Scrape sides of bowl, then mix at medium speed for 3 minutes.
  4. Pour batter over pears in pan. Bake ar 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
  5. While cake is baking, boil together 1/2 cup butter, sugar, and water for 1 minute. Add rum. Cool.
  6. Frost cooled cake with cooled icing.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 186.38 Kcal (780 kJ)
Calories from fat 115.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.83g 20%
Cholesterol 47.9mg 16%
Sodium 31.93mg 1%
Potassium 44.61mg 1%
Total Carbs 15.9g 5%
Sugars 15.28g 61%
Dietary Fiber 0.09g 0%
Protein 1.39g 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 3%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 29.3mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 336.59 Kcal (1409 kJ)
Calories from fat 208.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.17g 20%
Cholesterol 86.5mg 16%
Sodium 57.67mg 1%
Potassium 80.56mg 1%
Total Carbs 28.71g 5%
Sugars 27.59g 61%
Dietary Fiber 0.17g 0%
Protein 2.5g 3%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 3%
Iron 0.4mg 1%
Calcium 52.8mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.8
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top