Upside down caramel pear cake

Name: Upside down caramel pear cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; ⅓ cup water; 3 firm pears; 2 large eggs; ⅓ cup raw sugar; tsp vanilla essence; zest of one orange; zest of one lemon; 100g unsalted butter, melted; 1 cup self-raising flour

Caroline Velik

May 28, 2021

Upside down caramel pear cake.Marina Oliphant

Time:1-2 hoursServes:6

This cake is easy to make and looks divine. The sticky brown caramel glazes the pears and seeps into the cake, making it moist and delicious. Serve warm from the oven with vanilla ice-cream for a decadent dessert.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
⅓ cup water
3 firm pears
2 large eggs
⅓ cup raw sugar
tsp vanilla essence
zest of one orange
zest of one lemon
100g unsalted butter, melted
1 cup self-raising flour

Method

Preheat fan-forced oven to 170C (190C conventional). Grease a 20-centimetre cake tin with removable base and line the bottom with baking paper. Put sugar and water in a small saucepan and warm gently until sugar dissolves. Increase the heat and cook until the liquid is a light caramel colour. Pour into the tin and swirl around to cover the base.
Peel, core and quarter pears and arrange on top of the caramel, with points facing towards the centre.
Beat eggs with raw sugar, vanilla, orange and lemon zest. Add melted butter. Mix in flour. Place spoonfuls of batter over the top of the pears and gently spread, so as not to disturb the pears.
Bake in oven for 30-40 minutes or until the cake is set in the centre. Remove from oven and turn out on to a plate while the cake is still hot.