Fast • One Bowl

Easy Pear-Ginger Dump Cake

12 servings | Prep Time: 15 Minutes | Start to Finish: 55 Minutes

• 6 cups (peeled if desired) chopped ripe pears (3 to 4 pears)
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
• 2 cups Easy Scratch Cake Mix
• ¾ cup butter, melted
• ½ cup salted caramel or caramel topping
• ½ cup pecan halves
• Vanilla ice cream, if desired

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13 × 9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray. Spread pears in bottom of pan; sprinkle with crystallized ginger.

2 Sprinkle cake mix evenly over pears. Use back of spoon to smooth cake mix. Drizzle with melted butter and caramel topping; sprinkle with pecans.

3 Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until pears are tender. Serve warm with ice cream.

1 Serving: Calories 310; Total Fat 16g (Saturated Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 230mg; Total Carbohydrate 41g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 2g Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1½ Other Carbohydrate, 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3

Sweet Secret You can use any type of pear in this homespun dessert, but make sure they are ripe.

Sweet Secret Unripe pears? Place them in a lunch-size paper bag with an apple. Close the bag and leave it on the counter for a few days. The apple will help the pears ripen faster.

Sweet Secret You can substitute ½ package yellow or white cake mix with pudding (dry) for the Easy Scratch Cake Mix (about 1½ cups).