BROWN BUTTER PEAR CAKE

Brown Butter Pear Cake image

This is a super moist, delicious cake. Tastes better the day after and only gets better as the days go by.

Provided by Yoly

Time 1h55m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups peeled and diced pears
1 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup butter
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons water

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in large bowl.
Beat sugar and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed in a separate bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until well-blended. Mix in flour mixture until batter is smooth. Fold in pears and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting on a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until it is a rich brown color and has a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until icing is thick and smooth. Stir in water 1 tablespoon at a time to thin icing to desired consistency. Drizzle icing over cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 438.4 calories, Carbohydrate 50.8 g, Cholesterol 50.1 mg, Fat 25.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 6.2 g, Sodium 279 mg, Sugar 36.5 g