This Spiced Pear Cake is a deliciously moist cake that’s perfect for the holidays!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword spiced pear cake
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 476kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout
Ingredients
1/4cupbrown sugar
1/2cupwalnutschopped
1/2cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!1 stick - or regular butter, melted
15ozpear halves 1 can - in 100% juice {reserve juice}
1/3cupsugar
1eggroom temperature
1/3cupmolasses
1cupall purpose flour
1/2cupwheat flour
1/2cupI Can't Believe It's Not Butter!1 stick - softened
1tspground cinnamon
1/4tspallspice
1/2tspground ginger
1/2tspsalt
1/2tspbaking powder
1/4tspbaking soda
1/2pear juicefrom can
Vanilla ice cream {optional}
caramel sauce{optional}
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Pour melted stick of butter into a lightly greased 8 in x 8 in baking pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and walnuts.
Remove pear halves from can and reserve juice. Slice pears and evenly arrange over brown sugar and walnuts.
Cream softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the molasses, egg, and 1/2 c reserved pear juice.
Combine flour, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, baking powder, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and stir until well combined.
Spread the batter evenly over the pears.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake for 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Make sure you have a good grip before inverting! We enjoy this cake with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce but you can serve it however you wish :)