Pear Upside-Down Graham Cake recipe

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Ingredients

3 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
¼ cup dark brown sugar
3 pears - peeled, cored, and sliced
1 ½ cups graham flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup packed dark brown sugar
¼ cup grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons honey
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup whole milk

Nutrition Info

431.7 calories
carbohydrate: 54.2 g
cholesterol: 93.3 mg
fat: 21.8 g
fiber: 4.4 g
protein: 7.3 g
saturatedFat: 9.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 429.2 mg
sugar: 25.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pan with 2-inch sides and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper.

  2. Add butter pieces to the pan. Place in the preheating oven until melted. Sprinkle brown sugar on top. Arrange sliced pears in a circular pattern over the butter and brown sugar. Set aside.

  3. Whisk graham flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, salt, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.

  4. Combine butter, brown sugar, oil, and honey in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add eggs and vanilla extract, beat for 1 minute. Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk, beat briefly after each addition.

  5. Pour batter carefully over the pears. Smooth the top.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cake for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and peel off parchment paper. Allow to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

1 large 9-inch cake

Recipe Note

I had some freshly picked pears and graham flour to use up and I combined them into this not-too-sweet, whole grain cake. The graham flour adds really nice nutty, honeyed notes, but if you can't find it, you can use whole wheat flour.

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