Is your life at times a little Topsy-Turvy with Ups & Downs?Like life for many you can feel like a ‘busy little bee’ buzzing about & this cake’s name as my friend Brooke put it is not too dis-similar to how life can feel at times!
To turn an ‘Upside-down’ day into a PEARfect one try just a sliver or two of this divine dessert Upside-down Pear Cake.
Upside-down Pear Cake
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Serves: 8-10 peopleKeeps: Best eaten on day of making
The Ingredients
50g butter, melted
½ cup (125g) demarara/raw sugar
4 Pears, peeled, cored, quartered
1 ½ cups (225g) self-raising flour
pinch salt
1 cup (250g) brown sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
½ cup (125mL) milk
175g butter, softened
2 Tablespoons golden syrup
1 cup (250g) brown sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
½ cup (125mL) milk
175g butter, softened
2 Tablespoons golden syrup
The Fun
Preheat oven to 180ºC/160 C fan forced for 15 minutes. Lightly grease the sides of Flexibake with cooking oil spray
Pour melted butter over Flexibake base, sprinkle over raw sugar. Arrange pear quarters, cut side up, in the base of the Flexibake.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, brown sugar. Add egg, milk, butter and golden syrup & beat with whisk until mixture is smooth. Pour cake mixture evenly over Pears in the Flexibake.Bake for 45-50 minutes or until skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, invert cake onto a wire cake rack to cool completely.
Chefs Tips
Replace Pears with plums, apples, apricots or dried dates & prunes.
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