How To Make Pear Cake with Cinnamon Sugar
Enjoy fruity bites of this decadent and moist pear cake, topped with cinnamon and sugar glazed pears, for a richly sweet dessert!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Cake:
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- ¼cupsugar
- 1tspbaking powder
- ⅛tspsalt
- ¼cupunsalted butter,cold, cut into thick slices
- ¼cupmilk
- 1large egg
- 1tspvanilla
For Topping:
- 3tbspsugar
- 1tspcinnamon
- 3large pears,like Anjou, Bosc or Bartlett
- whipped cream,for serving, optional
Instructions
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Set a shelf in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch cake pan or a 9-inch fluted tart tin with a removable rim. Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
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In the bowl of a food processor, pulse the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until blended. Add the butter pieces and pulse until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.
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In a measuring cup, lightly beat the milk, egg, and vanilla with a fork until blended. Add to the bowl of the food processor and process until the dough is smooth.
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With the back of a spoon or a small offset spatula, spread the batter evenly in the cake pan.
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Halve the pears. Use a melon baller to cut out the cores and remove the stem ends. Slice the halves into ¼-inch-thick slices.
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In a small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon until combined.
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Starting at the outside edge, arrange the pears over the batter in a circular pattern, overlapping them slightly to cover the batter. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
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Set the pan on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, and the cake looks golden at the edges.
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Let the cake rest in the pan for 10 minutes.
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Cut into slices from the pan and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 287.23kcal
- Fat: 9.17g
- Saturated Fat: 5.37g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.66g
- Carbohydrates: 49.17g
- Fiber: 4.36g
- Sugar: 26.47g
- Protein: 4.03g
- Cholesterol: 52.35mg
- Sodium: 128.02mg
- Calcium: 92.95mg
- Potassium: 186.13mg
- Iron: 1.46mg
- Vitamin A: 83.92µg
- Vitamin C: 4.96mg
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