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Gingered Pear and Brown Butter Upside-Down Cake
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Gingered Pear and Brown Butter Upside-Down Cake

15 ingredients 1 hr + 25 min 8 openrecipes
Gingered Pear and Brown Butter Upside-Down Cake

Sliced pears are sprinkled with crystallized ginger, then topped with a bourbon caramel. And if that wasn’t decadent enough … I topped it with a brown butter cake batter and baked it.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

960
Calories
28g
Protein
27g
Fat
149g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Bean not in our table 0
Caviar not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 whole Semi-Firm Bosc Pears, Peeled, Cored And Sliced Into Eighths
  • 2 Tablespoons Chopped Crystallized Ginger
  • 1-½ stick Unsalted Butter, Divided
  • 1 Tablespoon Bourbon (or Water If Preferred)
  • ¼ cups Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 pinch Kosher Salt
  • 1-½ cup Plus 2 Tablespoons, All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ¼ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • ¼ teaspoons Fresh Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 whole Vanilla Bean, Split In Half Lengthwise And Scraped Of Its Caviar
  • ½ cups Granulated Sugar
  • 2 whole Eggs
  • ⅔ cups Buttermilk

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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