Ingredients

2 cups  cake flour 1 tablespoon  baking powder 1/2 teaspoon  salt 1 stick  unsalted butter softened 1/2 cup  granulated sugar 1/2 cup  light brown sugar 4   large egg yolks Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1 1/2 teaspoons  pure vanilla extract 2/3 cup  buttermilk 5   Bartlett pears 1   750-milliliter bottle riesling 1 cup  water 1 cup  sugar 1/2   vanilla bean split and seeds scraped 1   3-inch-long strip of orange zest 3   star anise pods 1 cup  crème fraîche 1 teaspoon  pure vanilla extract 1/2   vanilla bean split and seeds scraped 1/4 cup  confectioners' sugar

Description

Buttermilk Cake With Riesling-Poached Pears, Recipe

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