Upside Down Cranberry-asian Pear Star Anise Cake Recipe

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Upside Down Cranberry-asian Pear Star Anise Cake
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Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees convection or 350 standard.
  2. Prepare a 10-inch cake pan by greasing, lining with parchment round, greasing and flouring and coating with 2 tablespoons sugar. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream together sugar, butter and orange zest.
  3. Add eggs one at a time, allowing each to fully incorporate before adding the next, and scraping continually.
  4. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and kosher salt.
  5. Add flour gradually and mix until just combined. Meanwhile, in a saucepot over medium-high heat, combine cranberries, vanilla, sugar, ground star anise and orange zest and cook until sugar has dissolved and sauce comes together, about 5 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat. Arrange Asian pear slices in an overlapping layer on bottom of pan.
  7. Spoon cranberry sauce evenly over Asian pears. Spread cake batter evenly over cranberries.
  8. Bake in center of oven until top springs back when touched with fingertip, about 30-40 minutes convection or 40-50 minutes standard oven.
  9. Remove from oven and let cool on a rack for about 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.
  10. Serve with ice cream.
  11. *to make ground star anise, toast whole star anise in a dry pan until fragrant.
  12. Let cool and grind to a powder in a spice grinder.
  13. Sift ground star anise and use the finely ground product to in the recipe.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 492.55 Kcal (2062 kJ)
Calories from fat 266.1 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.57g 45%
Cholesterol 173.74mg 58%
Sodium 361.86mg 15%
Potassium 246.67mg 5%
Total Carbs 47.75g 16%
Sugars 22.99g 92%
Dietary Fiber 2.98g 12%
Protein 10.3g 21%
Vitamin C 4.5mg 7%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 11%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 84.9mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 306.8 Kcal (1285 kJ)
Calories from fat 165.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.42g 45%
Cholesterol 108.22mg 58%
Sodium 225.4mg 15%
Potassium 153.65mg 5%
Total Carbs 29.74g 16%
Sugars 14.32g 92%
Dietary Fiber 1.86g 12%
Protein 6.42g 21%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 7%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 11%
Iron 0.6mg 5%
Calcium 52.9mg 8%

* 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

  • 11.7
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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