There’s a war waging against me. And it’s called, technology. Couldn’t publish this post in the morning. The Internet and blog, both were down. Perfect coincidence. Not only did technology failed me, but I failed as well. Allow me to narrate an extremely short story. More like Charlie Chaplin’s version, but without humor or graphics.
Title : Mishaps – a day in a life with yours truly.
Woke up this morning.
Feeling great.
Did some laundry.
Stretches.
Made breakfast.
Breakfast was ruined. Spilled all over kitchen floor.
Emotions ran high.
Feeling funked.
Got ready. Started coffee.
Peeked into the refrigerator for inspiration.
Saw this cake.
Mouth-watering.
Grabbed a fork and digged in.
You should too 🙂
(Dry) Ingredients:
- 1.5 large Anjou pear, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1/2 anjou pear puree (sliced and blended in a spice blender till smooth)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 4 tbsp water
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- Preheat oven to 350 F & lightly butter or spray a pie dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Arrange pear slices decoratively (or nonchalantly) in a pie dish.
- To make light caramel sauce – heat a non-stick pan on low. Add light brown sugar & water.
- Stir and allow to bubble for a few minutes. If sugar crystals form around the pan, brush some water to loosen.
- Once the color of sauce turns amber/dark and thickens, remove pan from heat and add cinnamon powder.
- Drizzle light caramel sauce over sliced pear.
- Sieve dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, stir and combine wet ingredients.
- Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix till incorporated. Do not over mix the batter.
- Pour thick cake batter onto sliced pears. Using a spatula, spread cake batter evenly over pears.
- Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes. Once baked, cool for 5 minutes and invert the cake on a cake platter.
- Allow to cool completely and serve with a dollop of fresh whipped cream of in my case, scoops of vanilla ice cream 🙂
Now if you were wondering what happened to the mess in the kitchen, please don’t bother. Just send help 😀
I can’t be the only one with kitchen mishaps, spill your beans. Any recent kitchen mishaps that you endured? Send me some smiles, please 🙂
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This looks beautiful! I would eat this for breakfast!
DessertForTwo,
Welcome to Recipebox and thanks for the compliments honey 🙂
Ah yes, I’ve been waging the same war for some time now only I’m beginning to think it’s a losing battle – lol. I find upside-down cakes really bring out the natural beauty of fruit and showcase them in an ideal way. This pear delight is no exception. Just gorgeous, as are your photos.
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Kelly,
Glad I am not alone battling with kitchen/karma mishaps 😉
slurrrrp….
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The pear cake looks gorgeous! I love the shot of pouring caramel on the cake!
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Melanie,
Thanks for the compliments honey – the pour shots were so challenging! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Just beautiful. I feel inspired to make an upside down cake now 😀
*kisses* HH
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HH,
Please try this recipe and let me know how it tastes – so simple and flavorful, I promise 😀
Yes, technology is something really frustrating at times. I love your upside down cake, perfect for dessert!
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ugh, I can’t handle tech problems (as you know)! But I could handle eating this cake!
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i’d love a piece of that!!! YUM!!! have a great weekend!
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PM,
Thank you sweetie – hope you had a great weekend 🙂
What a morning!
We should too make this stunning & stylish presented cake! I love these kind of pears a lot!
A delciously looking cake great to enjoy with a good café latte! 🙂
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God Kiran, this looks so delicious!!!!
What a beautiful looking cake…. I can eat it all day and day after day…
Perfect pictures, look at that slice with ice cream scoop….
Beautiful.
Reem,
Thank you so much for the compliments!! You are way too kind 🙂
Love upside down cakes…haven’t tried with the pears though. Looks delectable.
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Angie,
It’s amazing how much caramelized and sweeter fruit tastes baking upside down. Do try and let me know how it tastes 🙂
really liked the cake stand u used. Glad you finally made your day 🙂
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That looks divine! I am bookmarking it… I absolutely want to try and make it. I love that it uses whole meal flour! And it looks so pretty! Great job! Sorry to hear about your kitchen mess… I have plenty of similar stories… hehehe
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Manu,
I am glad we share similar kitchen mishaps. Thought I was alone, making all the mess 😉
Thanks for the compliments on this recipe, honey – do try and let me know how it tastes!
Gorgeous looking cake, sounds like you the Anjou pear cake helped you get over a rough start to your day!
A Brown Table,
Thank goodness this cake came in rescue during my tough moments 🙂
I am so in love with this cake! Brown sugar, pear, moist cake. Yum!
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Beautiful post Kiran! Love your food pics too.
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Mouthwatering recipe- I love that all your recipes feature easily available ingredients! I think I’ll have to sub in cinnamon for the pumpkin spice due to lack of availability of the latter!
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Khushboo,
Thanks honey – your compliments and observation truly made my day! I keep it simply realistic with my recipes, thus the blog was aptly named as “Simple Home Cooking”.
You can definitely add 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves powder to make your own version of pumpkin pie spice 🙂
I am droooooling! This is beautiful!
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Oh no, sorry about the mishaps! I’m glad this cake was there to save the day though…it looks incredible!
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This cake seems like the perfect save to a frustrating morning! Hope the rest of your day was better 🙂 Gorgeous photos!
Katherine,
Welcome to Recipebox and thanks for dropping by with lovely compliments 🙂
I can see you felt all better after this delicious cake with ice cream (for maybe breakfast??). =) You photograph everything so beautifully…. I’m drawn into your world…
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Nami,
Thanks honey – I had this cake with ice cream for breakfast!! Of course, anyone would feel better after this 🙂
Oh, I’m so hungry right now! This cake looks so lovely :)!
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Ana,
Thanks dear – I hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
love all the action shots!!
pears are great in desserts: yum.
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Olga,
So sorry I missed this comment.
Thanks sweetie, I love pears in desserts too 🙂
I can see you felt all better after this delicious cake with ice cream (for maybe breakfast??). Beautiful. Thanks honey – your compliments and observation truly made my day!
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I made this cake today and it is fabulous! One thing I changed was that I used ground cardamom instead of the pumpkin pie spice. I think it really complements the pear very well. I will be making this again-thank you!
Willow,
Welcome to Recipebox and thanks for commenting! So happy you tried this recipe. Great tip on ground cardamom.
Happy Holidays 🙂
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