Glazed Pear Shortcake

By Tipper1

Equally at home at breakfast, coffee time or after dinner, this simple cake
can be assembled in less than 15 minutes. Baking time is about 45 minutes

Ingredients

• you will need:
• For one cake, 6 to 8 servings,
• 1 can (16 oz.) sliced Bartlett
• pears in syrup
• Batter:
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar
• 1-3/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2/3 cup whipping cream

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Grease and flour an 8-inch round
cake pan.
2. Drain the pears. Pat dry with
paper towels. Reserve syrup.
3. Stir flour, sugar, baking powder
and salt in medium bowl until
blended. Cut in butter with pastry
blender until mixture resembles
coarse meal.
4. Pour the milk over the flour
mixture. Toss with a fork just until
blended. Do notovermix.
5. Spoon batter into the prepared
pan. Smooth top. Arrange pears
over batter in circular pattern.
Brush with some of the reserved
syrup. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
6. Bake at 400°F until wooden pick
inserted into center of cake is
withdrawn clean and top is golden
brown, about 45 minutes.
7. Transfer to wire rack to cool 15
minutes. Brush with reserved syrup.
8. Invert cake onto plate. Remove
pan. Return to upright position on
wire rack. Cool until serving time.
9. Cut into wedges. Serve with a
dollop of whipped cream, flavored
with ground cinnamon or nutmeg.
Or substitute ice cream (vanilla or
peach) for the whipped cream.