Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears

Name: Buttermilk Cake with Riesling-Poached Pears
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 vanilla bean, halved, 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; 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

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""We get these crazy organic pears that are ugly as sin," says Tory Miller of the Moon-glow variety he uses throughout the cold winter months. Peeling them, though, reveals a fruit so beautiful and juicy that he prefers a minimalist approach, either serving them raw or poaching them in wine, such as the Riesling he uses here...."

INGREDIENTS

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2 cups cake flour

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1 tablespoon baking powder

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1 stick unsalted butter, softened

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1/2 cup granulated sugar

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1/2 cup light brown sugar

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4 large egg yolks

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Finely grated zest of 1 lemon

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1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

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2/3 cup buttermilk

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5 Bartlett pears

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1 750-milliliter bottle Riesling

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1 cup water

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1 cup sugar

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1 vanilla bean, halved, split and seeds scraped

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1 3-inch-long strip of orange zest

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3 star anise pods

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1 cup crème fraîche

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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

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