Fall Pear Cake

Name: Fall Pear Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup Butter, Softened; 1 cup Brown Sugar; 1 cup White Sugar; 4 whole Eggs; 1 cup Pears, Mashed; 1 teaspoon Vanilla; 3 cups Flour, Divided Use; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice; 2 cups Pears, Chopped

11 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

1 cup Butter, Softened
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup White Sugar
4 whole Eggs
1 cup Pears, Mashed
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 cups Flour, Divided Use
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
2 cups Pears, Chopped

Directions

1

Heat the oven to 325°F. Spray or line (24) muffin tin(s).
2

Cream the butter and sugars. Add the eggs in, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the 1 cup of mashed pear. Stir in the vanilla.
3

Reserve 1/4 cup of the flour. Sift the remaining flour, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Stir in to the butter and sugar mixture.
4

Use the reserved flour to coat the chopped pears. Fold the pears into the batter.
5

Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6

***This can also be made in two standard-sized loaf pans or a 10-inch tube pan. The baking time for these is 60-70 minutes. This time, I made one loaf and 12 cupcakes.