Pear Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar (firmly packed)
• 425 g pears (canned in syrup)
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 125 g unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c (350f).
• 2 lightly grease a 21x14x7cm loaf tin and line base with baking paper.
• 3 sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the base.
• 4 drain the pears and reserve the syrup. cut the pears in half and arrange, cut side down over the base of the tin.
• 5 sift the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
• 6 melt the butter and caster sugar in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved.
• 7 remove from heat and combine with reserved syrup and eggs.
• 8 pour into the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until combined - do not over mix.
• 9 spoon over the pears and smooth the surface.
• 10 bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
• 11 leave in the tin for 15 min before turning on a wire rack to cool.