Upside down pear poppy seeds cake

 Recipe updated october 2018

Every year when fall arrives I bake this cake.I have this recipe from the time when I was in college.It was scribbled down on a piece of paper by a dear friend of mine. Her mom used to bake it a lot during autumn season, and makes sense.When are in season pears are juicy,sweet and soft, just perfect.

This cake it's a perfectly in-season fall dessert.Moist,crunchy,fruity,it has everything you want in a cake.

Yield:6-8 portions

Ingredients:

• 3 pears,peeled,cored and halved lengthwise
• 50 g unsalted butter,melted
• 50 g brown sugar
• 175g all-purpose flour(T65)
• 175g unsalted butter,softened
• 175g caster sugar
• 4 M/L eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF(convection/fan forced mode)
• Grease sides of a 20cm round cake pan.
• In a small bowl mix 50g unsalted butter with 50g brown sugar.
• Spread the mixture evenly onto the bottom of the pan.
• Arrange pears cut side down on the bottom of the pan.Set aside.
• Place butter and sugar into a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
• Add vanilla extract and the eggs,one at a time beating well after each addition,scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Sift together flour,baking powder and salt.Fold in the flour mixture in two batches.
• Add poppy seeds and mix until just combined.
• Pour batter over pears and smooth the top with a spatula.Bake for 45-55 minutes until golden brown and the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow the cake to cool into the pan for 10 minutes.Run a knife around the edge of the pan,release the cake from the pan and invert it onto a plate.

Recipe Notes:

If you use a springform pan with removable bottom, wrap the bottom of the pan in aluminium foil before placing in the oven to prevent the loss of syrup.

That's all, folks!
Enjoy!

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