Dark Gingerbread Pear Cake
A moist and spicy gingerbread cake studded with fresh pear pieces, featuring fresh grated ginger, molasses, and warm spices. Perfect served with whipped cream.
Ingredients
- •1½ cups all-purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon baking soda
- •½ teaspoon cinnamon
- •⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
- •¼ teaspoon salt
- •1 stick unsalted butter
- •¼ cup water
- •½ cup dark brown sugar
- •½ cup molasses
- •3 whole large eggs
- •¼ cup grated peeled ginger
- •1 whole Bosc pear
- •1 serving whipped cream
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan, knocking out excess.
5 min
- 2.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt.
3 min
- 3.
Melt butter with water.
2 min
- 4.
Beat together brown sugar and molasses with an electric mixer until combined. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well. Beat in flour mixture at low speed until just combined. Add butter mixture and ginger, beating just until smooth. Pour into cake pan.
10 min
- 5.
Peel pear and cut into 3/4-inch pieces. Scatter over batter. Bake until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool slightly.
35 min
