Pear Cake

Submitted by Tonkcats

"Pear Cake"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1⁄2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 (14 ounce) can pears, drained and chopped, reserve juice
• 1 cup nuts

• Icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons pear juice
• hot water

directions

1. Cream sugar and oil; add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
2. Add flour and cinnamon with a spoon.
3. Add pears and nuts.
4. Pour in a greased bundt pan and bake 1-1/2 hours at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Icing:

6. Place powdered sugar in a bowl. Add pear juice and enough hot water to make a thin consistency to pour over cake.
7. Allow cake to cool.

Reviews

[foodtvfan]

A great cake even though directions needed a little tweaking. The recipe didn't give the size for the can of pears so I used a 14 oz. can and reserved the pear juice for the drizzle. To determine the pan size, I checked other recipes with similar quantities of ingredients, and used a bundt pan which worked out fine. Good with a great cup of coffee or tea.

 

[Chris Reynolds]

I had a couple of problems with this recipe. First of all, there is no mention of the pan size, and 1-1/2 hours to cook a cake at 325 degrees seemed like crispy crittur time to me. I made the recipe in a 9x13 pan and baked it for about 40 minutes. It was done, but this is a very heavy cake without any leavening -- it was more like a brownie than a cake. Perhaps I didn't do it right, but w/o better directions, I did the best I could. I wouldn't make it again unless I knew that I had done something wrong and had not given the recipe a fair shake.