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Pear Date Skillet Cake

I’ve partnered with Sprouts Farmers Market to bring y’all this Pear and Date Skillet Cake as part of their Friendsgiving Feast celebration to kick-off healthy and happy holidays. This recipe whips up in a Blender and happens to be gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and dairy free! Served with a drizzle of homemade date syrup, each mouthful is a truly decadent experience!

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This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.

If you had asked me to eat a refined sugar-free cake three months ago, I would have chuckled and said: “…not unless you won the lottery and are planning on sharing your winnings with me!” But, life has a way of delivering it’s lessons to me that often ends up with me eating my words. As y’all know, two months ago, for health reasons, I gave up refined sugar completely as part of a two-month sugar cleanse. During the second month of this ordeal, I re-introduced fruits and dried fruits to my taste-buds again.

This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.

It was in this phase that I rediscovered my love of dates (we are talking about that wrinkly date fruit) and raisins and homemade apple and pear butters. Am not sure if it was my deprived taste-buds, but a little homemade apple or pear butter or date paste or date syrup went a long way in adding a tantalizingly sweet flavor to my baked goods – like this Pear and Date Skillet Cake! When I first tasted a spoonful of this Skillet Cake, I must admit that I forgot that it was refined sugar free. But, I chalked it up to my deprived taste-buds – until, my daughter and mom and sister and friends gave this the thumbs up – with one of them eating 3 slices of this cake even though they kept saying they didn’t like pears!

Pear Butter

I am a big believer in that all things happen for the best – in time. That job lost, that mandatory sugar-fast, that lying date (not the fruit), that rainy day, they just help things seem clearer. Sometimes, they even help you find a new found love for what you had right there in front of you. Dates and pears have been two of my favorite fruits, but somehow, with the flavors of fall, I overlooked how incredible they were together. So, I decided to unite them with my taste-buds again – in this easy cake!

This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.
This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.
This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.

All you need is one blender, one skillet, a spatula and an oven. I used gluten free, nutrient dense, Arrowhead Mills Buckwheat Flour along with a spiced homemade pear butter I had on hand, some eggs, coconut oil and some dates. I threw all my ingredients into my blender – scraped them out with a spatula into the skillet and voila – this delicious skillet cake emerged from the oven!

This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.
This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.

Does my Pear and Date Skillet Cake have you hungry for the holidays? See what else is being served at Sprouts’ virtual #FriendsgivingFeast at their recipe homepage and interactive Facebook event page with exclusive giveaways! From their fresh produce, dairy, meat and seafood, to their wide variety of gluten-free groceries and freshly-baked goods, to their catering trays, eclectic beers and wines and customer service, Sprouts is the place to get your Friendsgiving shopping done!

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This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in the Blender and is Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free, and Dairy Free.

Pear Date Skillet Cake

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

This Pear and Date Skillet Cake whips up in a Blender and happens to be gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and dairy free! Served with a drizzle of homemade date syrup, each mouthful is a truly decadent experience!

Ingredients

PEAR & DATE SKILLET CAKE

  • ¼ cup homemade pear butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 8 dates, soaked in warm water for 30 minutes
  • ¼ cup coconut oil melted
  • ½ cup buckwheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pear sliced
  • Pinch of salt

DATE SYRUP

  • 2 cups dates
  • 1 cup water

PEAR BUTTER

  • 6 pears
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom
  • ¼ teaspoon cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger powder

Instructions

PEAR & DATE SKILLET CAKE

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Place ALL the ingredients into a blender, and pulse till well incorporated and dates are broken down
  3. Pour/scrape into a skillet
  4. Place pear slices on top and bake for 30 minutes

DATE SYRUP

  1. Simmer dates in water for 30 minutes, then mash up dates and using a cheesecloth, strain the dates from the liquid, reserve the liquid, store in an airtight container in the fridge and use as needed.

PEAR BUTTER

  1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer over a low flame for 25-30 minutes. Puree and use as needed in baking and topping yogurt, etc.

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Helen @ Scrummy Lane

Sunday 13th of November 2016

After seeing how much sugar went into a cake I made today and being a bit disgusted with myself, this is looking very attractive, Shashi!

The pears (and pear butter!) look wonderful!

P.S. Love your new blog lay-out!

Farrah

Sunday 13th of November 2016

I am all about skillet cakes and this is definitely no exception! I need to get some dates! (That pear butter sounds amazing. <3 )

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