Pear And Ginger Upside-Down Cake

• None None FOR THE SYRUP
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed strained orange juice
• 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• None None FOR THE CAKE
• 3 None pears
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 None orange, peel finely grated
• 2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
• 3 None eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk

1. Preheat the oven to 425u0b0F. Grease and line a deep 9-inch round cake pan.
2. For the syrup, place orange juice, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small saucepan on high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer for 3 mins or until thickened slightly. Set aside to cool.
3. Meanwhile, for the cake, peel and core pears; cut each into eight wedges. Arrange pears in decorative pattern on bottom of prepared pan. Pour syrup over pears.
4. Beat brown sugar, oil, orange peel, ginger and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Gently add combined sifted flour and baking powder, then milk. Carefully pour batter over pears.
5. Bake for 10 mins. Reduce oven temperature to 350u0b0F. Bake a further 55 mins or until a skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake completely in pan before carefully turning out onto a platter.

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