Delicious, slightly caramelized dessert.
Ingredients
- butter: 0.33333 cup
- molasses: 0.25 cup
- brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- ground ginger: 0.75 tsp
- ounces canned pear halves: 20 piece (drained)
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- white sugar: 1 cup
- baking powder: 2 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- milk: 0.66667 cup
- butter: 0.33333 cup (softened)
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- egg: 1 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Place 1/3 cup butter in a 9-inch square pan and set in the preheating oven to melt, about 5 minutes.
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Stir molasses, brown sugar, and ginger into the melted butter. Arrange pears cut-side down over mixture.
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Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Add milk, 1/3 cup butter, and vanilla extract. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg until combined, about 2 minutes. Pour batter over pears.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
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Run a knife around the edge of the pan; place a plate on top of the cake and flip carefully.
