Fresh Pear Cake

Ingredients

Fresh Pear Cake

 

3 eggs
1 1/4 cups light vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 to 4 cups pears, cored and peeled and thinly sliced

 

Procedure

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Grease a 10-inch bundt or tube style pan. (I used 2  9 x 9 square cake pans and reduced bakingtime)
 
In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, oil and sugar; beat well.

In a medium size bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Mix well.

Add flour mixture to egg mixture, 1 cup at a time, mixing well
after each addition. Add the vanilla, and beat well.
 
Batter will be thicker than most cake batters.

Add the thinly sliced pears to the batter.
Mix well (this will loosen the batter some).

 

Pour batter in prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour (less time for shallow pans), and test for doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center of cake.
Bake until toothpick comes out clean.

Remove from oven, and transfer to cooling rack.
Remove cake from pan and cool completely on rack.

When cool, frost with glaze. Makes 12-16 servings.

 

Glaze

1 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
2 to 4 tbsp. milk

Combine the powdered sugar with the milk.
The mixture should be thin. Pour glaze over the cooled cake and allow it to drip down the sides.

Serving Information

• Serves:
• Fat: g
• Calories: