Buttermilk Pear Cake with Rum Soaked Strawberries Recipe

Published: May 04, 2010
Source: Living the Gourmet

YIELD: 8 servings

Adapted from: Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success 2009.

This is a heavenly, light dessert.

Enjoy with Love,

Catherine

Ingredients

4	cups strawberries – quartered
½	cup sugar
2	tsps. Rum extract
1	cup all-purpose flour
1	tsp baking powder
½	tsp baking soda
½	tsp cinnamon
1	egg
2	tablespoons butter – melted
½	cup buttermilk
3	ripe pears – diced

Directions

Preheat Oven -350 degrees:

Combine strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tsp. rum extract and let sit in a container in the refrigerator.

Sift flour. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.

In a small bowl combine egg, sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture and buttermilk to egg mixture. Stir in pears and rum extract.

Pour batter into a buttered baking dish and bake for about 25 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.

Top with marinated strawberries.