- Kid Friendly
- 35 Minutes
- 10 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 firm ripe pears
- 1 ¼ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons oil
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoons grated lime zest
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ . Grease bottom of 9″ round cake pan; sprinkle brown sugar over bottom, shaking pan to coat evenly.
- Peel, core and halve pears. Slice pears crosswise into ⅓–inch thick slices; spread evenly in pan making sure bottom of pan is covered.
- Mix together flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- With electric mixer, beat together oil, sugar, lime zest, and coconut extract in a large bowl. Beat in eggs until thick.
- Alternately fold flour mixture and buttermilk into egg mixture until just blended. Pour batter over pears, smoothing top to cover pears completely.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
- Transfer to wire rack. Let cake cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a platter. Let cool slightly before slicing.
