Amaretto And Bartlett Pears 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
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 amaretto or 1/4 other almond flavored liqueur
• lightly sweetened whipped cream
• toasted sliced almonds

Recipe

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