FABULOUSLY SWEET PEAR CAKE

Fabulously Sweet Pear Cake image

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

Ingredients

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