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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Old-Fashioned Pear Cake

    Published: Oct 13, 2012 · Updated: Feb 2, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 7 Comments

    With the holidays coming up (did I REALLY just say that?  Can the holidays really be "coming up???"  SIGH, yes, time is flying), I thought I'd share a recipe that has become popular in my family.  The recipe comes from the Amish Cook archives and was featured in The Amish Cook's Baking Book: Homemade Pear Cake.  Of course you can have it any time of year, but it just seems like a good cake to have around the holidays.  Perhaps I have songs about partridges in pear trees in my head. Pears - in my opinion - are a very underrated fruit.  Apples, peaches, and bananas always seem to get the prime shelf space in the grocery store and a spot in peoples' sack lunches.  But the lowly pear?  Mmmmm, nothing better than a soft, juicy pear!  Of course, banana bread, banana muffins, and puddings are popular desserts.  But what about "pear cake?"  Yes, there is such a thing.  It's a really moist cake, not overpoweringly sweet, a great dessert or a slice for breakfast is tasty!  Doesn't the cake look delicious?  Here's the recipe so you can give it a try:

    OLD-FASHIONED PEAR CAKE

    Old-Fashioned Pear Cake
     
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    Prep time
    20 mins
    Cook time
    75 mins
    Total time
    1 hour 35 mins
     
    Serves: 1 cake
    Ingredients
    • 1½ cups vegetable oil
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 3 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
    • 2 cups pears, (recommend canned in heavy syrup, approx 1 ½ cans) chopped and drained (reserve juice)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 3 eggs
    • Glaze Ingredients
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1½ cups powdered sugar
    • 3 tablespoons syrup from the pears
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 325
    2. In a large mixing bowl, combine oil, sugar, and eggs. Beat until creamy.
    3. In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.
    4. Stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture until smooth.
    5. Add vanilla. Fold in pears and pecans.
    6. Pour mixture into a well-greased bundt or tube pan.
    7. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean.
    8. Glaze: Blend butter and sugar. Add syrup and stir until well mixed and slightly runny. Drizzle over the cake
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Donalee Sumner

      October 15, 2012 at 5:45 pm

      1 1/2 cups of oil seems like a lot of oil...is this correct?

      Reply
    2. Buddy Samuels

      May 26, 2013 at 10:22 am

      I just finished this cake. Choppinng pears at 5:30 this morning proved to be good therapy. Helped get my morning started off well. The test of my baking skills will depend on how well my fellow co-workers like it later today.

      Reply
      • Buddy Samuels

        May 26, 2013 at 3:09 pm

        the cake was a tremendous success at work, putting it mildly. A lady who doesn't like pears at all, had a piece and thought it was fantastic!

        Reply
        • Kevin

          May 26, 2013 at 4:53 pm

          Cool, Buddy, so glad to hear that!! It is a great cake!

    3. Carolyn

      December 24, 2014 at 5:01 pm

      The pear cake looks yummy . I will definitely give it a try. Keven I personally love everything about your column . I believe I speak for the majority . You have the right to use any word you please , in reference to CHRISTMAS tree. And I also love to hear about your family. ( especially Aster ) It gives the column a personal touch. Keep up the good work. and k
      eep sending pictures of our little girl.

      Reply
    4. D. Smith

      December 06, 2021 at 7:24 pm

      I don't use vegetable oil. Can I substitute butter or maybe a mixture of butter and coconut oil or something in place of the veg oil? Thank you.

      Reply
      • Kevin Williams

        December 07, 2021 at 5:21 pm

        You could use coconut or canola in place of vegetable oil!

        Reply

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