Pear and Walnut Cake

This is good served warm with vanilla ice cream!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon  freshly grated nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  vegetable oil
• 3  eggs
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 5  ripe firm pears, unpeeled,cored and chopped
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
3. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl.
4. Using electric mixer, beat brown sugar, oil, eggs, sugar, water and vanilla in large bowl until very smooth.
5. Blend in dry ingredients.
6. Stir in pears and walnuts.
7. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake about 55 mins.