Pear Upside-down Cake

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ cup plain whole or low-fat yogurt
• 2 Bosc pears, cored, peeled, and cut into 1/4-in.-thick slices
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup unsalted butter, plus more for pan
• ¹/₃ cup bourbon
• 2 cups flour
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, divided
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Generously butter a 9-in. cake pan and arrange pear slices in a pattern on the bottom of pan. Set aside.

2. Bring 1 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a 10-in. frying pan (not nonstick) over medium-high heat. Lower heat to maintain a steady simme...

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