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Even though Granny doesn’t cook much anymore, she has left us all with an entire cookbook of yummy recipes. One of her favorite desserts is this pear bread.
My cousin, Cheryll, invited all of us over to her house for supper while we were in Texas. She made lasagna and Granny’s Fresh Pear Cake for dessert. It was so moist and full of flavor. Granny swore it didn’t need a glaze or frosting…I was a bit skeptical, but after my first bite I was sold! No glaze needed!!!
Granny’s Fresh Pear Cake
4 cups grated fresh pears (that have been pealed and cored)
2 cups sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs, beaten
3 cups flour
2 tsps baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Combine pears, sugar, and pecans. Set aside for 1 hour to accumulate juice.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a large bundt pan
Stir into the pear mixture, the oil, vanilla, and eggs. Stir well by hand. Add the dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Stir well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until brown and tests done.
This cake needs no frosting and freezes well.
Can be baked in 2 small bundt pans
Substitute the eggs with a flax egg and it’s a great delicious vegan pear cake.
I was lucky that we didn’t drop ours on the carpet prior to serving it.
Glad you liked it. I do the “flax egg” swap often. w-
Hi I really liked this, great post.
I made it, and we love it! The recipe is a keeper for sure.
I hope you won't cringe if I share how I changed it a little bit. *blush* 🙂 Sometimes I find it helpful to read how others tweak recipes, so I hope it's okay if I share that here. First of all I was lazy and didn't peel the pears. lol I used whole wheat flour, and I used walnuts instead of pecans since that is all I had. And I added a little less sugar (about 1 3/4 cups) and made a glaze to put on top (my kids really, really wanted glaze on it ;)). I didn't add eggs (since we don't eat eggs) and instead added a teaspoon of baking powder and then at the very end after everything was mixed together added about a tablespoon of vinegar (to give it a little extra rising power since I didn't use eggs). Anyway, it really turned out wonderfully and is so yummy! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
I saw that you posted this last week and have been looking forward to trying this recipe. Pears are on sale right now, and I'm going to make the cake this week! I'll let you know how it turns out. 😀
This looks good!
I'd love for you to stop by What's Cooking Wednesday and share a recipe (http://thekingscourt4.blogspot.com/2010/09/brand-new-whats-cooking-wednesday.html)!
Hope to see you there 🙂
Hi Wendy,
I found you on a blog hop list and will be following you. I have been looking for recipes using pears. My sister has a pear tree and lots and lots of pears. This recipe is perfect, thank you (and Granny) for sharing.
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Sounds yummy. That's a combo I've never thought of. And my kids love pears too. Thanks for linkin up to Tasty Tuesdays!
That looks great! I saved it to my AllRecipes.com recipe box and shared it. They didn't used to let you share weblinks there. That is a great feature! Maybe it will get you some traffic.