Best Pear Pudding Cake Recipes

CARAMEL PEAR PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly spray a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, white sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Add in the milk; beat until smooth (add a little more milk or cream if the mixture is too thick).
• Stir in the chopped pears and pecans.
• Transfer to the prepared casserole dish.
• In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter and boiling water; (this mixture will be thin, but will incorporate into the cake while baking) mix well, pour evenly over the batter.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes.
• Serve hot with ice cream or Cool Whip topping (I prefer it with vanilla ice cream!).

AUTUMN PEAR / APPLE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Choose pears or apples, if you pick pears use the ginger, for apples use the cinnamon.
• There are two parts to this recipe, the cake and the topping.
• To make the cake: Lightly grease an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan.
• Place the fruit in the pan, and sprinkle it with the lemon juice.
• In a medium-sized bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, baking powder, spice, and salt till smooth.
• Beat in the egg, then add the flour alternately with the milk (1/2 cup flour, the milk, remaining 1/2 cup flour), beating after each addition.
• Spoon the batter over the fruit in the pan, spreading it to mostly cover.
• To make the topping: Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, salt, and spice.
• Sprinkle this mixture over the batter, then carefully pour the hot water over all.
• It will puddle on top; that's OK.
• Bake the cake in a preheated 375°F oven for about 60 minutes, until it's nicely browned on the top.
• Remove it from the oven, and serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
• Yield: 8 to 9 servings.

PEAR PUDDING CAKE (OR APPLE, PEACH...) IN CROCK-POT

Steps:

• Lightly butter a 4-5 crock slow cooker.
• In a large bowl combine sugars and baking mix.
• In a separate bowl beat the eggs lightly and stir in milk, melted butter, vanilla & cinnamon. Stir to combine then pour into dry ingredients.
• Add the pears last and gently stir.
• Pour batter into the slow cooker. Cover with a thick clean dish cloth (to absorb the moisture).
• Cook on low for 6 hrs or high for 3 hours.
• Serve warm w/ice cream or whipped topping -- YUM!

PEAR PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Turn oven on 350* Cream sugar and shortening with the 1 tablespoon of oil. Add eggs, mix until smooth. The dough will be thick, but will thin out when you add the pears.
• 2. In a medium bowl combine the flour, soda, salt, allspice, cloves and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture and blend well. Fold in pears.
• 3. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake at 350* for 25-35 min or until done. Cool: