Amaretto Pear Upside-down Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 10 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 large ripe bartlett pears, peeled and cored
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup amaretto or 1/4 cup other almond flavored liqueur
• lightly sweetened whipped cream
• toasted sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° degrees. butter six 1-¼ cup custard cups, ramekins, or giant muffin tins.
• 2 melt 4 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan. add brown sugar and honey; cook over low heat for about 2 minutes until mixture no longer separates.
• 3 divide mixture evenly between prepared dishes.
• 4 cut each pear into 12 wedges and place 4 wedges in the bottom of each dish; set aside.
• 5 in a medium bowl, beat remaining 6 tablespoons butter until light and fluffy.
• 6 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 7 in a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
• 8 combine milk and amaretto in a bowl. add half of the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, then half of the liquid, beating well after each addition.
• 9 repeat until all ingredients are combined.
• 10 pour batter into the six prepared dishes, smoothing the top.
• 11 bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until cooked through. remove from oven and place on a rack for 10 minutes.
• 12 carefully flip each dish over onto serving plates to remove from dish.
• 13 serve immediately with lightly sweetened cream and toasted almond slices.