Apple Pear Skillet Cake

By ctaubenheim

Ingredients

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 6 Tbsp butter or margarine, cut into pieces
• 1 medium unpeeled baking apple cored and sliced
• 1 medium unpeeled pear, cored and sliced
• 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 65mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Place brown sugar and butter in a 10 1/2 inch cast iron or oven proof skillet. Place skillet in oven; about 5 minutes or until butter melts. Remove skillet from oven and whisk brown sugar mixture until well blended. Arrange fruit slices over brown sugar mixture. In a medium bowl, combine flour, granulated sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk eggs, sour cream, oil and vanilla; beat into flour mixture. Pour batter over fruit, bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool 10 minutes. Run knife around edge of cake; invert onto serving plate. Serve warm.