Winter Spiced Pear Cake (Gluten Free!)

Winter Spiced Pear Cake (Gluten Free!) takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. For $1.26 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 387 calories, 6g of protein, and 21g of fat per serving. This recipe from Foodista has 2 fans. If you have sucanat, arrowroot flour, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Winter. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 23%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Spiced Ginger Pear Energy Bites (can be vegan & gluten free!) & a Sneak Peek of my new Blog Design, Gluten-Free Pear and Almond Cake, and Gluten-Free Pear Snack Cake.

  • Serves: 8
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: dessert
  • Health Rating: 1.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter/grease a 9-10 cake pan.In a small bowl, stir together the sucanat, cardamom, pumpkin spice blend, and cinnamon. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the spiced sugar to top the cake at the very end; add the rest to the butter. Cream together the butter, maple syrup, and two tbsp of the spiced sucanat with a mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, for about 3 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • maple syrup
  • seasoning mix
  • cardamom
  • cinnamon
  • pumpkin
  • sucanat
  • butter
  • cream
  • sugar

Equipment:

  • cake form
  • blender
  • bowl
  • oven

Step 2: Add the eggs one at a time, and beat to incorporate each egg.In a separate medium bowl, sift together the coconut, arrowroot, and almond flours, and the baking powder, and salt.

Ingredients:

  • baking powder
  • arrowroot
  • coconut
  • almonds
  • egg
  • salt

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 3: Add half of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir on low until just combined.

Ingredients:

  • butter

Step 4: Add the coconut cream and vanilla, and mix on low until just combined. Finally, add the remaining dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. The mixture will be quite thick.Now, cut the pears off of their cores. Slice up one cup of medium sized pear cubes, and cut the rest of the pears into 1/2 wedges.

Ingredients:

  • coconut cream
  • vanilla
  • pear

Step 5: Drizzle the lemon juice over the wedges to preserve them; Fold the pear cubes into the batter and transfer the batter to the greased cake pan.Take the pear wedges and fan them out around the cake, or create your own design if you like! Press them into the batter a little bit so that some of the batter comes through.

Ingredients:

  • lemon juice
  • pear

Equipment:

  • cake form

Step 6: Sprinkle the leftover 2 tbsp spiced sugar over the top of the cake.

Ingredients:

  • sugar

Step 7: Bake the cake until a toothpick comes out just barely clean, about 35-50 minutes (Varies depending on the oven).This cake is perfect with coffee, with breakfast, for afternoon snack, or for dessert!Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • coffee

Equipment:

  • toothpicks
  • oven


Dietary Information

  • Gluten-Free

Nutrition Facts

NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
Calories387.29 kcal19.36%
Fat20.92 g32.18%
Saturated Fat11.62 g72.61%
Carbohydrates46.52 g15.51%
Net Carbohydrates40.36 g14.68%
Sugar28.87 g32.08%
Cholesterol112.37 mg37.46%
Sodium269.59 mg11.72%
Alcohol0.34 g100.0%
Alcohol %0.26 %100.0%
Protein6.05 g12.09%
Fiber6.17 g24.66%
Manganese0.37 mg18.74%
Calcium122.0 mg12.2%
Vitamin B20.19 mg11.32%
Selenium7.06 µg10.09%
Vitamin A496.51 IU9.93%
Phosphorus91.23 mg9.12%
Iron1.48 mg8.2%
Vitamin C6.02 mg7.3%
Vitamin K5.96 µg5.68%
Copper0.11 mg5.54%
Folate19.96 µg4.99%
Vitamin E0.71 mg4.75%
Potassium165.19 mg4.72%
Vitamin D0.65 µg4.35%
Vitamin B50.43 mg4.29%
Vitamin B120.22 µg3.67%
Vitamin B60.07 mg3.43%
Zinc0.5 mg3.37%
Magnesium13.21 mg3.3%
Vitamin B10.03 mg1.73%
Vitamin B30.23 mg1.15%