Buttermilk Pear Cake with Rum Soaked Strawberries

By ladygourmet

Adapted from: Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success 2009.

This is a heavenly, light dessert.

Enjoy with Love,

Catherine

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Step 1

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.