Pear Upside-Down Ginger Cake
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 2:05pm

Ingredients




4 lg. ripe comice pears
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
 cup light brown sugar
1 1/4 cups unbleached, all purpose flour
 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cup plain yogurt, whisked until smooth
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 lg. beaten egg
2 tablespoons molasses

Preparation

1 Peel, core and cut pears into large pieces. In a non-aluminum mixing bowl, combine pears and lemon juice. Distribute brown sugar evenly over bottom of ungreased 8 inch round baking pan. Spread pears evenly on top. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger, and cloves. In separate bowl, beat together egg, yogurt, and molasses. Stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and blend until s