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2 tbsp butter,melted
1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 pears( Bosc or Bartlett) peeled and sliced Cake: 1 egg 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup butter,melted |
1/4 cup Fancy molasses
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 tsp Baking soda pinch each ground nutmeg, and cloves. CANADIAN LIVING: March/'95 |
UPSIDE-DOWN PEAR GINGERBREAD
Spread butter in an 8-inch round cake pan; sprinkle with sugar. Arrange sliced pears, overlapping, in circle to cover pan.
CAKE:In a bowl, beat egg, sugar, buttermilk, butter and molasses. Stir together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; stir into buttermilk mixture just until moistened. Pour over pears. Bake in 375¼F oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 15 minutes; invert on platter. Makes 8 servings.