Pear Upside-Down Ginger Cake

Photo: flickr user The Shopping Sherpa

Ingredients

4 lg. ripe comice pears

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

cup light brown sugar

1 1/4 cups unbleached, all purpose flour

cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

2/3 cup plain yogurt, whisked until smooth

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 lg. beaten egg

2 tablespoons molasses

Preparation

Peel, core and cut pears into large pieces. In a non-aluminum mixing bowl, combine pears and lemon juice. Distribute brown sugar evenly over bottom of ungreased 8 inch round baking pan. Spread pears evenly on top. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger, and cloves. In separate bowl, beat together egg, yogurt, and molasses. Stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and blend until s