Best Cranberry Pear Cake Recipes

APPLE, PEAR, AND CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the topping:
• Combine all streusel ingredients in a bowl and mix until the butter is incorporated. Do not overmix-you want a crumbly texture. Set aside.
• Assemble the cake:
• Grease an 8- inch round spring-form pan with butter. Set aside.
• Toss the apples, pear, brown sugar, and zest together in a small bowl and set aside.
• Dust the surface of the refrigerated dough with flour and cut off a 1-pound (grapefruit-size) piece. Divide the dough in two equal pieces, dust with more flour and quickly shape them into rough balls.
• Press the first piece of dough into the spring-form pan.
• Top with half of the apple and pear mixture, then sprinkle half of the streusel topping over it. Repeat with the next layer of dough, apple and pear mixture, and streusel.
• Allow the cake to rest for 60 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 55 minutes.
• Allow to sit for about 15 minutes, then remove it from the spring-form pan.
• Allow to cool before serving.

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 UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 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-by-2-inch professional round cake pan.
• Peel pears, core, and slice into 1/2-inch-thick wedges. Coat with lemon juice, and arrange on top of brown-sugar mixture in a spiral pattern around edge of pan. Fan out slices in center. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cranberries over pears, and set aside.
• Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ginger together in a medium bowl, and set aside. Combine remaining 6 tablespoons of butter with remaining cup brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer, and beat until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add milk alternately with flour mixture, beginning and ending with four; beat until smooth. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup cranberries; pour over fruit in pan. Bake until a tester inserted in the center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around edges and invert onto a serving platter. Serve with spice ice cream.

CRANBERRY-PEAR COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, 3/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a small bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk, butter and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the pear, cranberries and orange zest., Transfer to a 9-in. springform pan coated with cooking spray and dusted with flour. Combine brown sugar and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

CRANBERRY PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, cranberries and apple pie spice; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream just until combined. Fold in pears. , Pour half of the batter into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture; top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. , Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , In a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cake.

CRANBERRY PEAR UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray one 2 quart baking dish or one 10-inch round cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Pour and spread caramel topping to cover bottom of dish. Sprinkle pecans around the outer edge of caramel topping to make a 1-inch border, reserve 1 tablespoon of pecans.
• Spoon reserved 1 tablespoon pecans over center of dish. Cut pears into 1/4 inch slices; arrange over caramel topping and pecans with small ends toward center.
• In medium bowl, combine bread mix, water, oil and egg. Stir with spoon until mix is moistened. Pour batter slowly over pears and pecans; carefully spread to cover.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen cake from sides of pan and invert onto serving plate leaving pan over cake for 1 minute. Carefully remove pan. If any topping remains in pan, spoon over cake. Cool for 30 minutes; top with ice cream if desired.

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.

GLUTEN-FREE PEAR-CRANBERRY CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• For the crumble: In a small bowl, stir together the pecans, sugar, chocolate chips, gluten-free flour blend and cinnamon.
• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and grease a 9-inch springform pan or round cake pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the gluten-free flour blend, baking powder and salt.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until smooth. Beat in the oil and vanilla. Stir the egg mixture into the flour mixture until combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, top with the pear, cranberries and crumble mixture. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool in the pan set on a wire rack.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the rice flour, tapioca flour, potato starch, xanthan gum and salt.

CRANBERRY-PEAR CAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with butter. Line bottom and two sides with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on sides; butter paper, and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and zest until smooth. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened (do not overmix). Fold in pears, cranberries, and walnuts.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool completely in pan set on a rack. Using parchment overhang, lift cake from pan, and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 18 squares; serve with whipped cream, if desired.

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.

PEAR-CRANBERRY GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Pour 1/4 cup melted butter into a 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with 1/3 cup brown sugar. Arrange pears and cranberries in a single layer over brown sugar., In a small bowl, beat the brewed tea, sugar, molasses, egg and remaining butter and brown sugar until well blended. Combine the remaining ingredients; gradually beat into tea mixture until blended., Spoon over pears. Bake at 350° for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

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-CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare bread mix according to package directions; pour batter into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Sprinkle pears with lemon juice; arrange over batter., In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon; stir in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears. , Bake at 375° for 35-40 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.

CRANBERRY PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Spray a 10-inch springform pan with a removable bottom, lightly. Set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, beat together margarine and sugar until light a smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in the vanilla and almond extracts.
• 3. Combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Alternately, beat flour mixture, orange juice, and zest into the egg mixture; beginning and ending with the flour.
• 4. Pour batter into prepared pan. Carefully spread cranberry sauce on top. Set aside. Using a vegetable peeler, peel pears, core, and cut as suggested above into 16 slices. Arrange on top of the cranberry sauce (large end to the outside of the pan rim).
• 5. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp sugar, and a pinch of nutmeg over the pears. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until edges are golden, pears are tender and cake test is done with a toothpick.
• 6. Let cake rest on a wire rack in the cake pan for about 30 minutes. Place onto cake plate; then loosen with a rubber spatula, if necessary. Loosen metal latch and remove the ring. Let cool completely. Serve with whipped topping, vanilla or coconut ice cream, or orange sherbet.