FABULOUSLY SWEET PEAR CAKE

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This is a recipe of my great-great grandmother's. It is wonderfully sweet and fresh. It's so delicious, it never lasts long!

Provided by Rory

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Yellow Cake Recipes

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 fresh pears
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Peel and slice pears thin. Mix sliced pears with white sugar, brown sugar, and nuts and let sit for one hour. After sitting puree pear mixture in a blender.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13x9 inch pan.
  • By hand stir in until just blended; the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to pear mixture and add oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 451 calories, Carbohydrate 60.5 g, Cholesterol 26.6 mg, Fat 22.4 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 278.4 mg, Sugar 35.8 g

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