Apple-Pear Upside Down Cake

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 3 tablespoons pecans, toasted, chopped
• 2 fresh apples
• 1 firm but ripe pear
• cake
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square cake pan. Add butter and melt in a 350F oven.
2. Stir in brown sugar and spread evenly in pan; sprinkle with pecans.
3. Peel, core and thinly slice apples and pear, slicing pear horizontally; toss together and arrange evenly over sugar mixture.
4. CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
5. Add butter, egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
6. With electric mixer, beat on low speed until moistened; beat at medium speed for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl.
7. Spoon over fruit and spread evenly. Bake in a 350F oven for about 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 20 mnutes.
8. Run knife around edge of cake; carefully invert onto a plate, replacing any bits that may stick to pan. Serve warm.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/apple-pear-upside-down-cake-401716 (may not work)