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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> English

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Spread 1/4 cup of the butter over the base of a 10-inch springform pan or a 9-inch square baking dish. | 2. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. | 3. Peel and slice pears, removing cores. | 4. Arrange in the bottom of the cake pan; set aside. | 5. In a large bowl, cream remaining butter with brown sugar. | 6. Beat in egg until light and fluffy. | 7. Stir in molasses. | 8. In a small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water; set aside. | 9. In a medium bowl, combine flour, ginger, cinnamon and salt (if using). | 10. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with the dissolved baking soda, stirring just until blended. | 11. Pour the mixture over the pears. | 12. Bake in a 350 degree F oven 60 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. | 13. Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake. | 14. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then invert a serving plate on top of the pan; turn the gingerbread out upside down onto the plate. | 15. Serve warm, cut into wedges or squares. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1 1/4	cups	softened	1710.0	78.57	53.43	144.0
sugar	2	tablespoons	granulated	39.975	7.501	1.2512	0.624
pear	2			262.2	70.058	1.656	0.644
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
molasses	1	cup		977.3	251.8401	0.0	0.337
baking soda	2	teaspoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1	cup	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	3	cups		-	-	-	-
ginger	1	tablespoon	ground	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
clove	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4385	0.344	0.0313	0.0682
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.