Dark Gingerbread Pear Cake

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• whipped cream
• 1 Bosc pear
• ¹/₈ teaspoon ground allspice
• + 6 more ingredients
• • ¼ cup ginger
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup water
  • ½ cup molasses (not robust or blackstrap)

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan, knocking out excess. Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. Melt butter with water. Beat together brown sugar and molasses with an electric mixer until combined. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating ...

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