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Pear and walnut upside-down cake with chocolate sauce
Photo: David Holifield

Pear and walnut upside-down cake with chocolate sauce

20 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 6-8 openrecipes

Pears and walnuts covered with caramel and topped with a spiced sponge served up with chocolate sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1191
Calories
31g
Protein
44g
Fat
170g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cloves 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Toffee not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 175g/6oz butter
  • 45g/1½oz caster sugar
  • 45g/1½oz light brown sugar
  • 2-3 ripe pears
  • 25g/¾oz walnut
  • whipped cream and/or toffee sauce or chocolate
  • 45g/1½oz unsalted butter
  • 75g/2¾oz caster sugar
  • 50g/1¾oz plain white flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • salt
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 egg
  • 60ml/2fl oz buttermilk
  • 150ml/5fl oz milk
  • 50ml/2fl oz whipping cream
  • 250g/9oz dark chocolate

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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