Pear-Licious Cake

Name: Pear-Licious Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil; 2 cups granulated sugar; 3 eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups chopped canned Bartlett pears in syrup, well drained (reserve syrup for glaze); 1 cup chopped pecans; 1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar; 23 tablespoons syrup from canned pears

13 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups chopped canned Bartlett pears in syrup, well drained (reserve syrup for glaze)
1 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
23 tablespoons syrup from canned pears

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2

In a mixing bowl, combine the oil, sugar, and eggs, and beat well.
3

Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
4

Add this to the creamed mixture and stir until blended.
5

Stir in the vanilla.
6

Fold in the pears and pecans.
7

Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan, and spoon in the batter.
8

Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
9

Let the cake cool for 20 minutes, then turn it out onto a cake rack to cool completely.
10

While the cake cools, make the glaze.
11

Blend the butter and confectioners sugar with enough of the reserved pear syrup to make a smooth, slightly runny glaze.
12

Drizzle the glaze over the cake top, letting some run down the sides.