Spiced Pear Upside-Down Cake
5
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 15 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 50 min • Serves: 9 • Difficulty: Easy
You’ll be proud to serve this beautiful cake to guests. Instead of layering pear wedges or slices into a pan, we use pear halves for a bolder visual effect. In place of the usual butter-and sugar-heavy syrup in the bottom of the pan, we use reduced apple cider mixed with a little monk fruit sweetener and just one tablespoon of butter; you still get the same gooey effect, just with far less fat and fewer calories.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Apple cider
0.75 cup(s)
Monk fruit sweetener with erythritol
0.75 cup(s)
Unsalted butter
1 Tbsp
Ground cardamom
0.375 tsp
Pear(s)
3 medium
Whole wheat pastry flour
1.25 cup(s)
Baking powder
1 tsp
Ground cinnamon
1 tsp
Baking soda
0.5 tsp
Table salt
0.25 tsp
Unsweetened applesauce
0.5 cup(s)
1% low-fat buttermilk
0.333 cup(s)
Canola oil
2 Tbsp
Egg(s)
2 large egg(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper; coat the parchment paper with cooking spray.
2
In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the cider, ¼ cup monk fruit sweetener, and butter to a boil; cook until slightly syrupy and reduced to about ⅓ cup, 6 to 7 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat; stir in ⅛ tsp cardamom. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Remove any visible seeds from the pear halves with a sharp knife. Arrange the pear halves, cut side down, in the pan.
3
In a medium bowl, whisk together the remaining ½ cup monk fruit sweetener and ¼ tsp cardamom, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In another medium bowl, whisk together the applesauce, buttermilk, oil, and eggs. Add the applesauce mixture to the flour mixture; stir until well combined. Pour the batter evenly over the pears in the pan.
4
Bake the cake at 350°F until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 42 to 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes. Carefully invert the cake onto a wire rack. Cut into 9 equal pieces. Serve warm or at room temperature.
5
Serving size: 1 piece
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