PEAR CAKE (USING WHOLE PEARS - NO PEELING NECESSARY)
A super easy, yet delicious pear cake!
Provided by Christina Conte
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Prepare an 8″ springform pan by spraying with oil (or butter) and lining in parchment paper (sides optional, if you want really clean sides), then spray the paper, too.
- In a food processor, or blender, process the pear pieces and lemon juice until it is almost pureed.
- Place the sugar and eggs in a large bowl and beat with a mixer until light and fluffy. Sift the flour with the baking powder then add to the mixture in the bowl a little at a time along with the softened butter. Continue to mix until completely blended, then stir in the yogurt.
- Add the processed pears and vanilla to the cake batter and stir until evenly combined.
- Pour into prepared cake tin.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes (depending on your oven), but test with a cake tester or skewer to make sure the pear cake is done before removing from the oven. If desired, sprinkle lightly with some granulated sugar immediately. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes, then remove the side of the springform pan.
- Let cool before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 322 calories, Carbohydrate 28 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 56 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 2 grams fat, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 147 milligrams sodium, Sugar 7 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 1 grams unsaturated fat
SPICE CAKE WITH CARAMELIZED PEARS AND MAPLE BUTTERCREAM
Provided by Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez
Categories Cake Milk/Cream Mixer Egg Ginger Dessert Bake Thanksgiving Pear Spice Fall Family Reunion Cinnamon Potluck Maple Syrup Nutmeg Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 28
Steps:
- Make spice cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour cake pans.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large bowl. Stir together milk and vanilla in a small bowl.
- Beat butter and sugars with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, mix in flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with milk mixture (begin and end with flour mixture) and mixing until just combined.
- Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops, then rap pans once or twice on counter to eliminate any air bubbles. Bake until pale golden and a wooden pick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes. Run a thin knife around edge of pans, then invert cakes onto racks. Reinvert and cool completely.
- Caramelize pears:
- Peel and core pears, then coarsely chop.
- Heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then sauté pears, stirring occasionally, until just beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in sugar, lemon juice, and brandy and cook over high heat, stirring, until juices are deep golden and pears are tender, about 5 minutes.
- Make buttercream:
- Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and salt using cleaned beaters at medium speed until they just hold soft peaks. Add maple sugar a little at a time, beating, then continue to beat until whites just hold stiff peaks.
- Boil maple syrup in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, undisturbed, until it reaches soft-ball stage (238 to 242°F on candy thermometer), 3 to 7 minutes.
- With mixer at low speed, immediately pour hot syrup in a slow stream down side of bowl into egg whites, then beat at high speed, scraping down side of bowl occasionally with a rubber spatula, until meringue is cool to the touch, about 6 minutes. (It's important that meringue be fully cooled before proceeding.)
- At medium speed, add butter 1 tablespoon at a time, beating well after each addition. (If buttercream looks soupy after some butter is added, meringue is too warm: Chill bottom of bowl in an ice bath for a few seconds before continuing to beat in remaining butter.) Continue beating until buttercream is smooth. (Mixture may look curdled before all butter is added but will come together before beating is finished.)
- Assemble cake:
- Put 1 cake layer on a serving plate, then spread with 3/4 cup buttercream and top with half of pear filling. Top with second cake layer, 3/4 cup buttercream, and remaining pear filling. Top with remaining cake layer, then frost top and sides of cake with remaining buttercream.
BROWN BUTTER PEAR CAKE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in large bowl.
- Beat sugar and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed in a separate bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until well-blended. Mix in flour mixture until batter is smooth. Fold in pears and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting on a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until it is a rich brown color and has a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until icing is thick and smooth. Stir in water 1 tablespoon at a time to thin icing to desired consistency. Drizzle icing over cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438.4 calories, Carbohydrate 50.8 g, Cholesterol 50.1 mg, Fat 25.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 279 mg, Sugar 36.5 g
PEAR CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM TOPPING
This is a great way to combine bread and fruit for an all-in-one breakfast. The cake is very tasty and the unique topping is simply delicious.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and lemon zest; mix well. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Spread batter into a greased 13x9-in. or 3-qt. baking dish. Slice pear halves; arrange slices in rows on top of batter. Mix topping ingredients until smooth; spread over pears. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 218 calories, Fat 10g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 66mg cholesterol, Sodium 282mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
PEAR BUNDT CAKE
Next time you make cake from a mix, try my easy and delicious recipe. The pears and syrup add sweet flavor and prevent the cake from drying out. And since there's no oil added to the batter, this tender fall-perfect cake is surprisingly low in fat. -Veronica Ross, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Drain pears, reserving the syrup; chop pears. Place pears and syrup in a large bowl; add the cake mix, egg whites and egg. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on high for 4 minutes., Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and dust with flour. Add batter. , Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 149 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 232mg sodium, Carbohydrate 28g carbohydrate (16g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
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