Pear and Ginger Upside-Down Cake

Name: Pear and Ginger Upside-Down Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp butter, melted; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced; 175g butter, softened; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 cup sour cream; cream to serve

A moist Australian upside-down cake with caramelised pear and spicy ginger. Inverting the cake onto a plate while it's still warm lets the caramel release cleanly instead of sticking to the tin as it cools.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 tbspbutter, melted

1/2 cupbrown sugar

3ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced

175gbutter, softened

3/4 cupcaster sugar

3eggs

1 1/2 cupsself-raising flour

2 tspground ginger

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 cupsour cream

creamto serve

Instructions

Pour melted butter into a 22cm round tin. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Arrange pear slices.

Beat butter and caster sugar until pale. Beat in eggs.

Fold in flour, ginger, cinnamon and sour cream.

Spoon over pears carefully.

Bake at 180°C for 40-45 minutes. Invert to serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

915

Protein

10.4g

Fat

54g

Carbs

101.3g

Fiber

1.8g

Sodium

358mg

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