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Honey-Glazed Pear Upside Down Cake

Serves: 10 • Prep time: 15 min • Cook time: 45 min • Stand time: 15 minutes
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  • 2 Tbsp. PLUS 1/2 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tsp. lemon juice
  • 3 Bosc pears, peeled, quartered, cored and thinly sliced
  • 1/4 tsp. fresh thyme leaves or 1/8 tsp. dried thyme leaves, crushed
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. grated lemon peel
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 9-inch nonstick cake pan with cooking spray; set aside.

Cook 2 tablespoons I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, honey and lemon juice in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until dark golden brown. Add pears and thyme and cook, stirring frequently, 7 minutes or until pears are golden and coated with sauce. Turn into prepared cake pan; set aside.

Combine sugar with lemon peel with wire whisk in medium bowl. Whisk in eggs, then flour just until combined. Microwave remaining 1/2 cup Spread in small microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 15 seconds or until melted. Whisk into flour mixture, then pour over pears.

Bake 35 minutes or until top of cake is golden and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes on wire rack. Run knife around edge of cake to loosen. Invert cake onto serving plate.

TIP: Easily measure honey by spraying measuring cup with nonstick cooking spray. The honey will slip right out.

Cost per recipe*: $3.28.

Cost per serving*: $0.33.

*Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

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2 Member Comments

  1. Posted 11/12/2009 at 11:41 AM by chesharicat

    Great tip about the honey! I make this same recipe using real butter and twice the amount of thyme listed (I use lemon thyme, which grows like a weed in my garden, but any fresh thyme would be great.) So good! Probably healthier to use all natural ingredients but that's just my preference. I have also used equal parts baking olive oil (extremely light) and butter with good results but all butter remains the best. Also any good not too ripe pears work well in this recipe!

  2. Posted 12/24/2009 at 13:51 PM by Feyzan

    I tried it and it is a total success both for presentation and taste... My only modification was I added slivered almonds to pears. I baked for 45 mins though.

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  • Nutritional Facts

Nutrition information per serving:

Calories: 270
Calories from fat: 80
Saturated fat: 2.5g
Trans fat: 0g
Total fat: 9g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 105mg
Total carbohydrates: 45g
Sugars: 32g
Dietary fiber: 2g
Protein: 3g
Vitamin A: 10%
Vitamin C: 6%
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 4%
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