Delta Pear Cake

Submitted by Chef Edlear

"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."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 8mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 9x13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 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

[Jamilahs_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.

 

[Nina M.]

I used cubed pears and macerat them in sugar, salt, and spices. The raisins I soaked in alot of bourbon. All of the liquid that came off both I used. Buttered a 9×13 no parchment it cooked for 45 minutes. It turned out great. Don't take a deap breath when taking it out of the oven. The boozy steam nearly burnt my nose hairs off.

 

[Raichka]

Wow, this is so tasty! I love the spicy flavor and moist texture. I cut the recipe in half, cooking it for 45 minutes in an 8x8 pan. I used just a little less sugar than was called for and two ripe pears. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

 

[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.

 

[gaylelc]

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!!