Honey-Glazed Upside-Down Pear Cake

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Hey everyone,

There’s a wee nip in there and unless the weather is having a nip slip, this is for real: winter is coming. As a person who doesn’t have a cool new winter jacket to wear, this is bad news. As a person who loves to cook? It’s terrific news. Because all of the best things to cook happen in cold weather.

Case in point: cake. Do you want to bake a cake on a hot sticky day? No. But when it’s cold outside, do you want to fill your home with the scent of caramelized honey and roasted pears and a simple cake batter doctored with cinnamon? I bet you do. What follows is the recipe for Melissa Clark’s honey-glazed upside-down cake which I made this weekend…