Pear Upside-Down Cake

By brandymarshall

Ingredients

• 3 fresh pears (1 lb.), peeled
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
• 1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
• 4 eggs
• 1-1/4 cups water
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 55mins
Adapted from kraftrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

CUT pears lengthwise in half; remove cores, then cut pears lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange on bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Mix sugar and spice; sprinkle over pears. Top with berries.

BEAT next 5 ingredients with mixer until well blended; pour over ingredients in pan.

BAKE 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool 10 min. Run knife around edges of pan to loosen cake. Place large platter over cake; invert cake onto platter. Gently remove pan. Cool cake slightly. Serve topped with COOL WHIP.