Delta Pear Cake

Chef Edlear's Note:

A sweet, dense, very easy snack style cake. I use ripe bosc pears for this, and don't bother with peeling them. We like this for breakfast, or afternoons with tea.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 8 mins
• Prep Time: 8 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 9x13

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 3 cups diced pears
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted
• 1 cup raisins

Directions:

1. Prep 9 x 13 pan with a greasing and parchment paper lining.
2. Beat together the sugar, eggs, and oil.
3. Fold in everything else.
4. Scrape into prepared pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or 45 minutes in a convection oven.

Reviews

[Baby Chevelle]

While this did remind us of a Fresh Apple Cake, this was a lot drier. Thank you for letting us try this, but the family was not crazy about it.

[Chef #214469]

I have a pear tree and this was a great way to use them. We love the cake and I made about 4 this year. I used 1 -1/2 cups of sugar instead of 2 and it was just right for us. We were fighting over the last piece of the last one!!

[Jamilah's Kitchen]

I had lots of pears to use up and this recipe was perfect. The only thing I changed was leave out 1 cup of sugar. 2 cups plus pears and raisins sound way to sweet for my taste. I also opted for butter instead of oil. It came out moist chewy and delicious and the pears didn't dry out in the batter. This is a keeper and I had no problem with the pear flavor maybe the previous poster didn't put enough pears! Made for PAC Spring'09.