Pear - Crowned Ginger Cake
From jo_jo_ba 14 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Adapted heavily from Gourmet June 2009, a fresh-ginger spiked cake batter is topped with a starburst of ripe pear slices. No butter in this recipe - cream cheese provides a luxurious body instead.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened shopping list
- 2/3 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/2 cup buttermilk shopping list
- 1 large, ripe pear, peeled and sliced shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400°F and grease a 9-inch pan (I like a springform for unmoulding's sake.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
- Beat cream cheese and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Add anilla, ginger and egg, beating well.
- Mix flour mixture alternating with buttermilk into the creamed blend.
- Pour into cake pan.
- Arrange pear slices on top.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove the sides of the sringform and move to a wire rack to cool completely.
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