Description
Try this elegant, flavorful, soft cake infused with fresh pears and frosted with a fluffy, whipped brown sugar buttercream.
Ingredients
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Pear Cake
- 6 ripe medium-sized pears*
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Brown Sugar Buttercream
- Find the recipe in the link above
Instructions
- Peel and slice pears thin. Mix sliced pears with both sugars in a bowl. Let sit for one hour, then purée pear mixture in a food processor or blender.
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line two 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, then grease with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a fork or whisk to stir flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg together. Add pear purée, eggs, oil, and vanilla and stir just until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30-33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with few crumbs attached. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer cakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
*Once peeled and cored, it came out to be 19 ounces of pears.
- Category: Dessert, Cake, Baking