Tinklee's Spicy Pear Cake

Name: Tinklee's Spicy Pear Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1/2 tsp cloves; 1/2 tsp nutmeg; 1 pinch of cayenne pepper; 1 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 tbsp vanilla; 3 eggs; 3/4 cup molasses; 1 cup buttermilk; 12 tbsp melted butter; 1 1/3 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp ginger powder; 1/4 tsp cloves; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; 1 pinch of cayenne pepper; 4 large pears, peeled and sliced (3/4" thick); 1 1/2 pureed pears (from what you have leftover); 1/4 cup packed brown sugar; 2 tbsp melted butter

tinklee @cook_3915364

USA

this is a very nice blend of flavors that go so well with the pears, my hubby loved the taste!

tinklee @cook_3915364

USA

this is a very nice blend of flavors that go so well with the pears, my hubby loved the taste!

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Ingredients

CAKE
2 1/2 cupflour
1 tspbaking soda
1 1/2 tspcinnamon
1 tspground ginger
1/2 tspcloves
1/2 tspnutmeg
1 pinchof cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cuppacked brown sugar
1 cupbutter
1 tbspvanilla
3eggs
3/4 cupmolasses
1 cupbuttermilk
Bottom/Topping
12 tbspmelted butter
1 1/3 cuppacked brown sugar
1 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspginger powder
1/4 tspcloves
1/4 tspnutmeg
1 pinchof cayenne pepper
4 largepears, peeled and sliced (3/4" thick)
pear sauce
1 1/2pureed pears (from what you have leftover)
1/4 cuppacked brown sugar
2 tbspmelted butter

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350F, grease 2- 9" pans on their sides only
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toppong/bottom: place half of butter in each pan ( this will 2/3cup for each pan), put in oven and melt butter
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add brown sugar and spices mixing well and spread sugar mixture across bottom of pan
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arrange prars in a nice pattern, set pans a side
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cake: in a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda and all spices, I sift mine to remove any lumps, make sure you still mix them together though
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cream butter, sugar and vanilla, then add your eggs one at a time mixing between each egg, then add your molasses
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now starting with your dry ingredients alternative with the buttermilk, ending with your dry, and mix
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divide batter between the 2 pans
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bake for 30-35 mins, once out of oven turn your first one over onto your cake pan, then turn out second one on top (note: try to line up real well, once it is in place it will stay where it is
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can be served with pear sauce
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pear sauce: puree leftover pears, add brown sugar, melted butter, then heat up till just warm and spoon over each slice before serving, I like to add a dollop of whip cream also

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tinklee @cook_3915364

on October 07, 2013 06:29

USA

I love being in the kitchen and My hubby and I love riding bikes! We do a lot of fundraising for the veterans homes in our area and other programs while we ride our bikes, thats part of what our group is all about, I have a couple auto immune diseases that can slow me down quite a bit, I have Lupus and Sclerderma to name some of what I suffer, but I keep going and will not stop I know I just have to, I have been married for 37 wonderful years to a great man, have 2 great boys and adore all my grandkids