Polenta Cake with Bosc Pears Recipe

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Polenta Cake with Bosc Pears
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Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350º.
  2. Beat margarine and 1/3 cup brown sugar at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add milk and lemon rind; beat well. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (flour through salt); add to creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in chopped apple.
  3. Spoon batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350º for 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
  4. Preheat oven to 475º.
  5. Combine remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, water, and cinnamon in a 2-cup glass measure; stir well. Microwave at high 30 seconds or until sugar dissolves. Combine pears and brown sugar mixture; toss well. Arrange pears, cut sides down, in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Bake at 475º for 15 minutes or until tender. Turn pears over; sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake an additional 5 minutes. Serve with cake. Garnish with cinnamon sticks, if desired.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 444.91 Kcal (1863 kJ)
Calories from fat 65.64 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.29g 11%
Cholesterol 63.11mg 21%
Sodium 189.94mg 8%
Potassium 265.18mg 6%
Total Carbs 89.44g 30%
Sugars 30.19g 121%
Dietary Fiber 6.73g 27%
Protein 7.45g 15%
Vitamin C 8.7mg 15%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 123.6mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 134.93 Kcal (565 kJ)
Calories from fat 19.91 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.21g 11%
Cholesterol 19.14mg 21%
Sodium 57.61mg 8%
Potassium 80.42mg 6%
Total Carbs 27.13g 30%
Sugars 9.16g 121%
Dietary Fiber 2.04g 27%
Protein 2.26g 15%
Vitamin C 2.7mg 15%
Iron 0.4mg 7%
Calcium 37.5mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.7
    Points
  • 12
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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