Pear Cake With Caramel Glaze

Bayhill's Note:

This moist cake is made extra special with a caramel glaze.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 cake

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 3 cups ripe pears , peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup pecans , chopped

Caramel Glaze

• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine
• ¼ cup dark brown sugar , firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons cream
• 1 cup powdered sugar , sifted
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine vegetable oil, granulated sugar, and beaten eggs; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until well blended. Stir in vanilla.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, and allspice; stir well.
4. Add flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with the chopped pear, beating at medium speed until blended. Stir in chopped pecans.
5. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
6. Let cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
7. Spoon Caramel Glaze over cake.
8. Caramel Glaze:.
9. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; add brown sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar melts. Remove from heat. Add milk, stirring constantly.
10. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth.

Reviews

[LonghornMama]

Awesome! My family loved it!. Had a ton of pears to use and this was one of the recipes I made. Omitted the nuts, otherwise no changes. The glaze is fantastic and pairs perfectly with the cake. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Allypally]

This was a yummy cake that used up some very ripe pears that I had in my kitchen. Baking time was a little too long in my oven, so the edges got dry but it still tasted really good! I also didn't have allspice, as another poster, but I used some pumpkin pie spice that had allspice, cinnamon, ginger (always good with pears), and nutmeg. The caramel glaze was a great touch to finish off the cake.

[Kitchen__Princess]

This was a great cake to make and use up some pears in the process! The cake is really nice and moist and the caramel glaze was delicious. Mine was a bit runnier than in the picture and I probably will let it thicken up a bit next time before pouring over (it ran too much down onto the plate!) I didn't have allspice but used mixed spice instead. This was fabulous and we really liked it! Thank you for posting it!