Upside-Down Pear Cardamom Cake Recipe

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Upside-Down Pear Cardamom Cake
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Ingredients
13
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Nutrition
385
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 stick (6 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • accompaniment: vanilla ice cream

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Make caramelized pears: Peel pears, then halve lengthwise and core. Spread sugar on a plate, then press cut sides of pear halves into sugar to coat, reserving remaining sugar.
  3. Melt butter in a well-seasoned 10-inch cast-iron skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides. Reduce heat to low and arrange pears, cut sides down, decoratively in skillet. Sprinkle reserved sugar all around pears. Cook pears over moderately low heat until sugar begins to caramelize, about 15 minutes, and remove skillet from heat.
  4. Make cake batter: Whisk together flour, baking powder, cardamom, and salt. Beat together butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg and beat well. Add flour mixture and milk alternately in 3 batches, mixing at low speed after each addition until just combined.
  5. Spoon batter over pears in skillet, gently spreading evenly and being careful not to disturb pears (batter will not cover tops of all pears). Bake in middle of oven until golden brown and a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
  6. Cool cake in skillet on a rack 5 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge and invert a plate over skillet. Invert cake onto plate (wearing oven mitts), keeping plate and skillet firmly pressed together. Replace any fruit stuck to bottom of skillet if necessary.
  7. Serve cake warm or at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 384.93 Kcal (1612 kJ)
Calories from fat 161.26 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.92g 28%
Cholesterol 76.1mg 25%
Sodium 126.19mg 5%
Potassium 227.09mg 5%
Total Carbs 51.13g 17%
Sugars 26.1g 104%
Dietary Fiber 1.01g 4%
Protein 5.35g 11%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 106.8mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 325.96 Kcal (1365 kJ)
Calories from fat 136.55 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.17g 28%
Cholesterol 64.44mg 25%
Sodium 106.86mg 5%
Potassium 192.3mg 5%
Total Carbs 43.3g 17%
Sugars 22.1g 104%
Dietary Fiber 0.85g 4%
Protein 4.53g 11%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.5mg 3%
Calcium 90.5mg 11%

* 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

  • 9
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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