Pear Ginger Coffee Cake

Name: Pear Ginger Coffee Cake
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 fresh pears; 3 tbsp butter; 1/2 cup Brown sugar; 1 tsp ginger; 1 tsp grated lemon peel; 1 tsp grated orange peel; 1 egg; 1/4 cup melted shortening; 1/2 cup milk; 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 3/4 tsp salt

Stephanie Goldman @cook_3867977

Burns Flat, Oklahoma

Pear Ginger Coffee Cake

Stephanie Goldman @cook_3867977

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Ingredients

25-30 minutes

6 to 8 servings

2fresh pears
3 tbspbutter
1/2 cupBrown sugar
1 tspginger
1 tspgrated lemon peel
1 tspgrated orange peel
1egg
1/4 cupmelted shortening
1/2 cupmilk
1 1/2 cupall-purpose flour
1/2 cupsugar
1 1/2 tspbaking powder
3/4 tspsalt

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Steps

25-30 minutes

1

Halve core pears. Cut into wedges. Melt butter in the bottom of an 8 inch round cake pan.
2

Arrange pear wedges over bottom of pan in a spiral pattern.
3

Combine Brown sugar, ginger, lemon peel, & orange peel. Sprinkle half the mixture over the pears. Set the rest aside.
4

Beat egg, shortening, & milk together. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, & salt together. Add to egg mixture, stirring just until blended. Pour over pears.
5

Sprinkle remaining brown sugar mixture over the top. Marble through the batter with a knife.
6

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
7

Let stand 5 minutes.
8

Invert onto plate.
9

Serve.