Ginger Pear Cake

• Topping
• 1 (15 ounce) can pear halves in natural juice, reserve juice
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• Cake
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) yellow cake mix or (18 1/4 ounce) French vanilla cake mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup reserved pear juice
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup chopped candied ginger
• Glaze
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• remaining pear juice

1. Heat oven to 325u0b0F Grease and sugar a 10 cup bundt pan.
2. Cut pear halves in half. Decoratively place each pear piece, rounded side down, in pan flutes.
3. In small bowl, stir together the brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of softened butter until crumbly. Sprinkle brown sugar and butter mixture over the pears.
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients; mix on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
5. Spoon cake mixture into prepared pan until 3/4 full.
6. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
7. Cool for 10 minutes exactly, then remove from pan and cool completely on a rack.
8. While the cake is cooling mix the glaze.
9. Once the cake is completely cool move it to a platter and add the glaze.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ginger-pear-cake-268905 (may not work)