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Buttermilk Pear Cake with Rum Soaked Strawberries
Adapted from: Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success 2009. This is a heavenly, light dessert. Enjoy with Love, Catherine Ingredients
- 4 cups strawberries – quartered
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tsps. Rum extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons butter – melted
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 3 ripe pears – diced
Directions
- Preheat Oven -350 degrees:
- Combine strawberries with 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tsp. rum extract and let sit in a container in the refrigerator.
- Sift flour. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon.
- In a small bowl combine egg, sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture and buttermilk to egg mixture. Stir in pears and rum extract.
- Pour batter into a buttered baking dish and bake for about 25 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Top with marinated strawberries.
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This sounds wonderful I cant wait to try this....just got some fresh strawberrie....
looks like a winner to me. Think I'll give this a whirl.
I have great amber Rum...got the pears too...just waiting for some great fresh strawberries to grace my table ;0)
Thanks for sharing such an appetizing dessert.
Flavourful wishes, Claudia
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