Pear Upside Down Cake with Cranberries

Pear upside down cake is a beautiful and delicious fall and winter dessert, loaded w/ caramelized pears and studded with cranberries.

You can use Bartlett or D'Anjou pears for this upside down cake recipe. Peel the fruit & remove the seeds w/a melon baller.

Thinly slice the pears & arrange them in a 9-inch cake pan lined w/parchment paper.

Bring sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally until it melts and caramelizes.

Bring sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally until it melts and caramelizes.

Add butter to the caramel sauce and pour the sauce over the pears to coat.

Assemble the cake batter by creaming butter and brown sugar, adding an egg and mixing in the dry ingredients.

Stir whole cranberries into the batter and spread over the caramelized pears in the cake pan.

Bake the pear upside down cake until cooked through and golden. Cool the dessert on a wire rack

The caramelized upside down pears give the cake a showstopping look.

This tasty pear and cranberry cake is perfect for the holidays.

You'll love the jammy pockets of tart cranberries in this fruity pear cake.