Ingredients
Topping
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 medium Bartlett or Anjou pears, thinly sliced
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Cake
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup Butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup milk
2 Eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Vanilla or cinnamon ice cream, if desired
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Melt 1/4 cup butter in oven in 9-inch metal pie pan or 9-inch round baking pan. Stir in 1/2 cup brown sugar. Arrange pear slices over brown sugar in spoke-fashion, overlapping slices in center; sprinkle with walnuts. Set aside.
2. Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/3 cup butter in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add all remaining cake ingredients; continue beating until well mixed. Gently spread batter on top of pears.
3. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Run knife around inside of pie pan to loosen sides of cake. Invert cake onto serving platter. Remove pie pan. Cool completely. Serve with ice cream, if desired.
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