Spicy Pear Cake With Bourbon Glaze Recipes

SPICY PEAR CAKE WITH BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Spray a 10-inch bundt pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together sugar and butter until light.
• Add eggs, bourbon, and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
• Add flour, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, and salt, and beat until all ingredients are combined.
• Stir in pears and pecans.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour, or until tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Let cool slightly and turn pan over, releasing cake onto a plate.
• **For Bourbon Glaze:
• Melt butter in a small saucepan.
• Add brown sugar, cook and stir for one minute.
• Whisk in remaining ingredients until smooth and bring to a boil; remove from heat.
• Place slices of cake on dessert plates and drizzle with hot glaze.

CARAMEL-GLAZED PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• To make cake:.
• Toss together pears and 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand 5 minutes.
• Beat eggs, 2 cups sugar, and oil at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• Combine flour, salt, and baking soda, and add to egg mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• Fold in pears, chopped pecans, and vanilla extract.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Remove from pan, and drizzle Caramel Glaze over warm cake.
• To make the glaze:.
• Stir together brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 1/2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.