This is a recipe of my great-great grandmother’s. It is wonderfully sweet and fresh. It’s so delicious, it never lasts long!
Original recipe makes 1 -13×9 inch cake
Ingredients
4 fresh pears
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Peel and slice pears thin. Mix sliced pears with white sugar, brown sugar, and nuts and let sit for one hour. After sitting puree pear mixture in a blender.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13×9 inch pan.
- By hand stir in until just blended; the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to pear mixture and add oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 451 kcal
Carbohydrates: 60.5 g
Cholesterol: 30 mg
Fat: 22.4 g
Fiber: 3.3 g
Protein: 4.6 g
Sodium: 278 mg