On Oct. 13th we made fruit skillet cakes with pears as our fruit! This recipe was actually a lab test that we did today and it went a lot better then I was expecting. I hadn’t done a lab test since grade 9 so I was a bit nervous, but this fruit cake turned out amazing and it wasn’t hard to make at all. I started off by doing the safety and sanitation rules and then proceeded to carefully read my recipe so I 100% was sure that I knew what I was doing. I collected all the ingredients I needed from the supply table including butter, pears, brown sugar, an egg, buttermilk and a variety of spices. I set up my kitchen and got out all the equipment I needed as well as preheated my oven to about 400 degrees. I then started by buttering my 8 inch cast iron pan and then dusting it with a touch of flour. Next I whisked together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg with all-spice and cinnamon in a large glass bowl. After that I beat together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until it looked pale and fluffy, and then added the dry ingredients and the buttermilk into the wet mixture alternating between the two. I used my electric mixer to combine everything together, and then proceeded to thinly slice the pears and then poured my mixture into the cast iron pan. I fanned the pears out on top of the batter carefully, trying to make them look pretty and then topped it all off with more cinnamon and sugar. Lastly it went in the oven for 35-40 minutes and during that I washed and dried my dishes, when the timer went I removed the cake from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes before cutting into it. The fruit skillet cake smelled sweet and fruity and was golden brown as well as looked so pretty making it definitely meet the product standards. It tasted absolutely amazing, which made it one of my favourite things we have made so far so I would eat it again for sure. I would give this pear cake a 6/10 on nutrition because it has less sugar then a typical cake and it also has a lot of fruit! Overall this lab test was a lot of fun even though I didn’t get to cook with my partner, the only challenging thing that I encountered was when I had to pour the batter into the skillet but other then that everything else was successful! This cake would have also tasted amazing if we had used apples or peaches as the fruit.