Pear-licious breakfast cake

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoons Earth Balance stick margarine
• 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup soy milk
• 1-1/4 tteaspoon p vanilla
• 3 tablespoons applesauce
• 1-1/2 pears, peeled, sliced or diced

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Preparation

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Put margarine in 8-inch square baking pan and put in oven to melt.
• While it's melting, add dry ingredients together in medium bowl. Add milk, vanilla, and applesauce in small bowl.
• Add to dry ingredients and mix well. When margarine is melted, take out of oven and pour batter in. Sprinkle or arrange pears on top.
• The pears will sink a bit while baking.
• Bake 30-40 minutes; start checking for doneness after 30 minutes; edges will be browned and toothpick will come out clean.