PEAR LAYER CAKE WITH CARAMEL

Pear Layer Cake with Caramel image

Be the life of the party! Bring a pear layer cake. This pear layer cake takes on a whole new level of pizazz when paired with caramel.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Home

Time 1h50m

Yield 16 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

3 pears, divided
1 pkg. (2-layer size) spice cake mix
2 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding, divided
34 KRAFT Caramels
1 cup milk
2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
16 pecan halves

Steps:

Peel, core and chop 2 pears. Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (8-inch) round layers, adding 1 pkg. dry pudding mix to the cake mix before mixing with liquid ingredients. Stir chopped pears into batter before spooning into pans for baking. Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto wire racks. Remove pans. Cool cakes completely.
Meanwhile, microwave caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min.; stir. Microwave 2 min. or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Add remaining pkg. dry pudding mix; whisk 2 min. Cool 15 min. Gently stir in COOL WHIP. Refrigerate 20 min. or until chilled.
Fill and frost cake layers with caramel mixture. Just before serving, peel, core and slice remaining pear. Arrange pear slices on top of cake with nuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 450 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 3 g