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Upside-down pear & ginger cake
Photo: David Holifield

Upside-down pear & ginger cake

10 ingredients Serves 9 openrecipes
Upside-down pear & ginger cake

Everyone's favourite pud, turned into a clever cake recipe

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

936
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
148g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 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
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup 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

  • 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 250ml milk
  • 350g self-raising flour
  • 3 small pears , halved and cored - put a piece of stem ginger in the core of each half
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 200g butter , plus 2 tbsp melted butter for the tin
  • 200g unrefined dark brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 3 pieces stem ginger , chopped, plus 2 tbsp ginger syrup from the jar

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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