Caramel Pear And Macadamia Upside-Down Cake
- 175 g butter, softened
- 2 pears, peeled cored and cut into 8 wedges
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- Preheat oven to 180 Degrees Celsius Grease a round 20cm cake pan and line base with non-stick baking paper.
- Melt 20g butter in frying pan and heat until foaming. Add pears cut side down and cook 2 minutes eahc side until golden brown.
- Arrange pear over base of cake pan.
- Melt 25g remaining butter until foaming. Add 1/2 cup sugar stirring for 1 minute.
- Add cream and water and cook for 2 minutes until mixture thickens.
- Remove from heat and pour half the caramel sauce over the pears.
- Sprinkle pears with nuts.
- Using electric beater, beat ground ginger, remaining butter and remaining sugar in medium bowl.
- Add eggs 1 at a time combining well after each addition.
- Use a wooden spoon to stir in the flours, almond meal and sour cream until just combined.
- Spoon mixture over pears and smooth the surface.
- Bake in oven 1 1/2 hours until skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Remove from oven set aside 5 minutes before inverting onto a plate.
- Drizzle cake with reserved caramel sauce and serve warm with vanilla ice-cream or cream.
butter, wedges, brown sugar, cream, water, nuts, ginger, eggs, flour, flour, almond meal, sour cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/caramel-pear-and-macadamia-upside-down-cake-136741 (may not work)