Caramel Pear Pudding Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup flour
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
• 4 medium pears, cut into 1/2 inch pieces (about 2 cups) or 1 (16 ounce) can pears, drained and chopped (fresh pears are better to use!)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup boiling water

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 lightly spray a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• 4 add in the milk; beat until smooth (add a little more milk or cream if the mixture is too thick).
• 5 stir in the chopped pears and pecans.
• 6 transfer to the prepared casserole dish.
• 7 in a bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter and boiling water; (this mixture will be thin, but will incorporate into the cake while baking) mix well, pour evenly over the batter.
• 8 bake for 35-40 minutes.
• 9 serve hot with ice cream or cool whip topping (i prefer it with vanilla ice cream!).