Asian Pear Ginger Cake - Subarashii Kudamono

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. butter, room temperature
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup fresh Asian pears (Yoinashi if available), sliced
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 8 Tbsp. butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup grated fresh Asian pears (AsaJu, if available)
• ½ cup finely chopped crystallized ginger, tossed in 1 tsp. flour