Best Anns Cranberry Pear Cake Recipes

PEAR AND CRANBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease an 10-inch tube pan.
• Place pears, cranberries , brown sugar and cinnnamon in a medium sized bowl. Stir to combine . Reserve.
• Beat eggs, and sugar until combined. Add oil, orange juice and vanilla. Beat well. Add remaining dry ingredients, beating just until combined. Batter will be thick.
• Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Place pear mixture over batter. Spoon remaining batter over pear mixture. Do not worry if pear mixture is not completely covered. Sprinkle coarse sugar over batter.
• Bake in preheated oven 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

ANN'S CRANBERRY-PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Let the butter and eggs stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a small mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time; beating on medium to high speed for 6 minutes total.
• Add vanilla then eggs, one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition and scraping the bowl often.
• Beat in milk. Gradually add flour mixture.
• Fold in pears and cranberries.
• Spoon batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2" baking pan evenly.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.

PEAR-CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine 6 tablespoons butter and 3/4 cup brown sugar in a medium skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until melted and thoroughly combined, about 6 minutes. Pour into a 10 × 2-inch professional round cake pan.
• Peel the pears, core, and slice into 1/2-inch-thick wedges. Coat with lemon juice, and arrange on top of the brown sugar mixture in a spiral pattern around the edge of the pan. Fan out the slices in the center. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cranberries over the pears, and set aside.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger together in a medium bowl; set aside. Combine the remaining 6 tablespoons butter and cup of brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer, and beat until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the milk alternately with the flour mixture, beginning and ending with flour; beat until smooth. Stir in the remaining 1/2 cup cranberries; pour over the fruit in the pan.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges and invert onto a serving platter. Serve with spice ice cream.
• Spice Ice Cream
• Place the vanilla bean and scrapings, cinnamon sticks, and star anise (if using) in a saucepan with milk over medium-high heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer, cover, and remove from heat. Allow to steep for 30 minutes; then strain, discarding the solids.
• Combine the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl, and whisk until pale yellow and thick, about 3 minutes.
• Fill a large bowl with ice and water; set aside. Return the milk to the stove, and bring just to a simmer. Slowly pour the milk mixture into the yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Return it to the saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 5 minutes. The custard should retain a line drawn across the back of the spoon with your finger.
• Remove the pan from the heat, and immediately stir in the cold cream. Pass through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl set in the ice bath. Stir occasionally until cool. Cover the bowl, and place in the refrigerator until well chilled, preferably overnight.
• Pour the custard into an ice-cream maker; churn according to the manufacturer's instructions, until the ice cream is just set. Transfer to an airtight container, and freeze at least 4 hours or up to 1 week.

PEAR AND CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut a rectangle out of waxed paper to fit an 8x12-inch cake pan. Spray the pan with cooking spray, then place waxed paper liner over the bottom.
• Melt butter in a large skillet. Add 2 cups sugar and cook until sugar has dissolved and mixture is bubbling, about 3 minutes. Add pear slices; reduce heat to low and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and add cranberries.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and nutmeg together in a bowl.
• Combine remaining 2 cups sugar, milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla in another bowl using a hand mixer until cake batter is smooth. Gradually mix in dry ingredients until well combined. Fold in walnuts.
• Pour pear-cranberry mixture into the prepared cake pan. Use a spatula to spread cake batter evenly on top of fruit.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Place a platter on top of the cake pan and carefully flip the pan and platter over, allowing the cake to settle on the platter. Lift cake pan off and serve.

PEAR CRANBERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter cake pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices.
• Beat together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer until combined well.
• At low speed, mix in pears and cranberries, then mix in flour mixture until incorporated.
• Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake until a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool in pan 30 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
• Make glaze:
• Bring cream, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, cinnamon sticks, and a pinch of salt to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Cool glaze 5 minutes. Discard cinnamon sticks, then pour glaze over cake, letting some drip down sides.

AUTUMN DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Drain 1/2 cup liquid from pears. Pour pears and remaining liquid into a 9 X 13 inch baking dish; cut pears into 1/2 inch pieces. Spread cranberries over pears.
• 2. Top with cake mix. Top with melted butter, covering cake mix completely. Sprinkle with walnuts and coconut.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool at least 15 minutes before serving.