Pear-Almond Upside-Down Cake
Source: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone p. 704
Serves 6-8
The Pears:
- 3 tbs butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 large Pears (can also use apples)
- 1/2 Cup corn syrup
The Almond Cake:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cups finely ground almonds
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Make topping: Heat the butter with the brown sugar in a pan over medium heat until the sugar is melted. Pour into round 9" cake pan. Peel, halve, and core the pears. Either cut into slices about 1/4 inch thick or chop. Place pears on top of sugar.
The cake: Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the vanilla and almond extract. Beat in the eggs one at a time utnil smooth. Stir in the nuts, followed by the remaining dry ingredients. Spoon the batter over the fruit and smooth it out with an offset spatula.
Bake in the center of the oven until the cake is golden and springy when pressed with a fingertip (30-40 minutes). Let cool in the pan for a few minutes, then set a cake plate on top of the pan, grasp both the plate and the pan tightly, and turn it over. Carefully ease the pan off fgthe cake. If any fruits have stuck to the pan, simply pry them off and return them to the cake.
Nutritional Information
Servings Per Recipe: 12
4% of calories from protein
59% of calories from carbs
36% of calories from fat
| Calories | 340.30 |
| Total Fat | 14.17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7.94 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.87 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2.19 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.01 g |
| Omega-6 | 0.86 g |
| Cholesterol | 80.38 |
| Sodium | 266.74 mg |
| Potassium | 156.37 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 51.41 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.98 g |
| Sugars | 33.36 g |
| Protein | 3.90 g |
| Vitamin A | 9 % |
| Vitamin C | 2 % |
| Calcium | 6 % |
| Iron | 7 % |
| Vitamin D | 1 % |
| Vitamin E | 0 % |
| Vitamin K | 2 % |
| Thiamin | 8 % |
| Riboflavin | 10 % |
| Niacin | 4 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 2 % |
| Folate | 7 % |
| Vitamin B12 | 3 % |
| Biotin | 0 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 3 % |
| Phosphorus | 8 % |
| Iodine | 0 % |
| Magnesium | 6 % |
| Zinc | 3 % |
| Selenium | 11 % |
| Copper | 8 % |
| Manganese | 14 % |
| Chromium | 0 % |
| Molybdenum | 0 % |
| Chloride | 0 % |
