Pear Upside Down Cake With Orange Butter Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 fresh bosc pears (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, divided, 1 1/2 sticks
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Recipe

• 1 peel, halve, and core the pears; set aside.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350°f put ¼ cup of the butter into a 10 x 6 inch baking pan and place into the oven as it preheats. remove from the oven when the butter is melted.
• 3 sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the melted butter. arrange the pears in a single layer over the brown sugar with the cut side down.
• 4 in a large bowl, cream the remaining ½ cup butter with the granulated sugar, egg, and vanilla. mix in the baking powder and salt. add the flour alternately with the milk, mixing until the batter is smooth.
• 5 pour the mixture evenly over the pears. bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. invert while warm onto a serving plate and serve warm with the orange butter sauce.
• 6 while the cake bakes, make the sauce. combine the orange juice, cornstarch, sugar, butter, and ginger in a small saucepan. heat to boiling over medium high heat, stirring. cook, stirring, until thickened. remove from the heat. makes 6 servings.
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