Pear-Walnut Upside-Down Cake

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1/4 cup egg substitute or 2 large egg whites
• 1/4 cup butter or stick margarine, melted
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 2 peeled Bosc or Comice pears, cored and thinly sliced lengthwise

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a bowl. Combine buttermilk, egg substitute, 1/4 cup butter, and molasses in a bowl. Add to flour mixture, stirring until smooth.
3. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet. Stir in 1/3 cup brown sugar, and cook over medium heat 1 minute. Remove from heat; sprinkle with walnuts.
4. Place pear slices in the bottom of skillet. Pour batter over pears. Bake at 375u0b0 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; invert cake onto a serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature.

flour, brown sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, baking soda, salt, ground cloves, lowfat buttermilk, egg substitute, butter, molasses, butter, brown sugar, walnuts

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pear-walnut-upside-down-cake (may not work)