Pears seem to be the softest-spoken fall fruit: their swooping shape quietly elegant, buttery, just-sweet interiors perfect for cool, gentle fall days. I, at least, often forget about them while doing my weekly grocery shop. But they’re really a lovely fruit and deserve a generous moment in the sun. I’d seen lots of ideas for chocolate pear cakes and tortes, but had never tried the combination myself, so it seemed rather apt to create a new fall-flavored giant muffin that featured it. I can safely say that this is one of my favorite chocolate giant muffins, and the tenderness of the pear, both in flavor and texture, lends itself to…
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Gluten Free Spiced Pear Cupcakes with Vanilla Pear Tea
Tis the season for spices in EVERYTHING, and we’re not mad about it. There’s something so cozy and comforting about the ethereal mix of nutmeg+cinnamon+ginger+allspice+cloves, and any combination of any two of them really, in baked goods, warm fall drinks, and in roasts or stuffing. In this case, we’ve dumped heaping teaspoons of them into these gluten free spiced pear cupcakes with a mapley/spiced buttercream. Pear is one of those delicate, nearly-not-there flavors that are usually best highlighted in slender slices on their own, especially when they’re perfectly just ripe and cut like butter. But we really wanted to figure out a way of putting them in cake form, or…
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Gluten Free Maple Hazelnut and Pear Upside Down Cake
If you’re like me, you’ve got two boxes of Harry & David’s “Fancy Gift Pears” sitting on your counter and you’ve already challenged your significant other to a competition for who can eat the most pear slices in one evening and there are still SO MANY PEARS LEFT. Thank you, mom, for these amazing pears, but what do we do with them now? We need to host a pear party. Or, look up recipes for pear desserts until inspiration strikes and you’re motivated enough to get off of the couch after work and toss this incredible cake in the oven. I promise you, it’s worth the effort. The main inspiration…
