Pear Upside Down Cake Recipe
This pear upside down cake is so delicious and it is gluten-free, and vegan which means it is dairy & egg-free. It is made with very healthy ingredients.Pears grow in Edmonton! They are small but they are tasty and juicy. A friend lets me pick bags full of pears from his big tree. Thus, I get to make this very yummy gluten-free cake made with healthy ingredients.
Ingredients
Gluten-Free Flour Mix
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup potato flour
- 1/2 cup flax meal*
- 1/4 cup white rice flour
Bottom of the Cake
- 2 cups sliced pears
- 1 tsp arrowroot powder
- 3 tsp fresh ginger grated
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
- 1/2 cup rice syrup
- 1 tsp molasses
- 5 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
- 2/3 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º F.
- Oil an 8” X 8” cake pan.
- Slice 2 cups of pears.
- Arrange the pears into the bottom of the cake pan.
- Sprinkle the pears with arrowroot powder.
- Sprinkle the ginger over the pears.
- Mix the oil, rice syrup, and molasses together in a bowl.
- Add 1 cup of gluten-free flour, mix in well.
- Add 1/3 cup o water, mix in well.
- Add 1 cup of gluten-free flour, mix in well.
- Add 1/3 cup water, mix in well.
- Add 1/4 cup of gluten-free flour.
- Mix in well and quickly.
- Immediately pour the batter into the cake pan on top of the pear mixture.
- Spread the batter evenly over the pears.
- Bake at 350º F. in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
- Leave the cake in the pan for 5 minutes on a cooling rack; it is too light and fragile to turn over. Once it cools a bit it will become firmer and easier to turn over.
- Gently turn cake over onto a cooling rack. (loosen the edges of the cake with a knife first.) It is important to get it out of the pan as the pears on the bottom will make a soggy cake if you do not.
- Now enjoy your pear upside down cake with a cup of healthy tea.
Notes
* This is for an egg-free vegan recipe, learn more about Eggs Substitutes.