Apple Pear Cake Recipe

Directions

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   * Or possibly you can use 3/4 c. regular lowfat milk and 1 Tablespoons vinegar to make sour lowfat milk.
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   Preheat the oven to 375F.
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   Spray a 9 1/2 inch tube pan with nonstick spray.
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   2.
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   In a large bowl, cream the margarine with the brown sugar.
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   Beat in the egg and vanilla.
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   3.
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   In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking pwdr, baking soda and salt.
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    Stir to blend.
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    Stir in the cinnamon and nutmeg.
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    4.
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    Finely chop the apples, and mince the dry pears.
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    5.
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    Alternately add in the flour mix and the lowfat milk to the butter-sugar mix in three additions, beating just till the flour is no longer visible.
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    Stir in the apples and pears.
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    6.
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    Scrape the batter into the tube pan and bake for 40 minutes., or possibly till golden and tests clean.
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    7.
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    Cold in the pan on a rack for 10 min, then unmold the cake and cold completely.
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    Dust cake with confectioners sugar just before serving.
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    Serving size: one 2 1/4 inch wedge.
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    Note: If you do not have any dry pears, you can substitute raisins are just as good!