Apple-Pear Upside Down Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
3 tablespoons pecans, toasted, chopped
2 fresh apples
1 firm but ripe pear
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Grease bottom and sides of 9-inch square cake pan. Add butter and melt in a 350F oven.
Stir in brown sugar and spread evenly in pan; sprinkle with pecans.
Peel, core and thinly slice apples and pear, slicing pear horizontally; toss together and arrange evenly over sugar mixture.
CAKE: In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
Add butter, egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
With electric mixer, beat on low speed until moistened; beat at medium speed for 1 minute, scraping sides of bowl.
Spoon over fruit and spread evenly. Bake in a 350F oven for about 45 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool on rack for 20 mnutes.
Run knife around edge of cake; carefully invert onto a plate, replacing any bits that may stick to pan. Serve warm.