Recipe- Upside Down Pear Cake For Weekend Party

Here is a plan for your next tea party! This foolproof recipe for a moist, flavorful, elegant and really easy Upside Down Pear Cake is a crowd pleaser. It makes for a fantastic dessert and people who love the fresh after-taste that fruits offer are in for a treat! The pears can be replaced with plums, apples or berries as well.

Ingredients

5 - 6 tablespoons Brown Sugar
8 - 10 Pear slices
1 teaspoon Butter for greasing the tin
2 cups All purpose flour 256 g
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
Zest of a large Lemon
3/4 cup Granulated White Sugar 150 g
1/2 cup Oil 120 ml
2 Eggs
3/4 cup Buttermilk

Method

* Pre-heat your oven to 180 C.

* Grease the pan with butter and sprinkle the brown sugar evenly on the base.

* Arrange the fruit in an even layer on top of the sugar.

* In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and lemon zest.

* In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat oil and sugar until light and fluffy.

* With mixer on low, beat in eggs one at a time.

* Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients alternating with buttermilk, and starting and ending with flour mixture. Beat until smooth.

* Carefully pour the batter over the arranged fruit and bake for 30-40 minutes until the top is golden-brown.

* Let the cake rest in the tin for 10-15 minutes before taking it out.