Caramel-Glazed Pear Cake
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Souhern Living- Carol S. Noble, Burgaw, North Carolina
Categories: Cake- Torte
Ingredients
- 4 ripe Bartlett pears peeled and diced (3 cups)
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Caramel Glaze:
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
Directions
- Toss together pears and 1 Tbsp. sugar; let stand 5 minutes.
- Beat eggs, 2 cups sugar and oil at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
- Combine flour, salt and baking sod, and add to egg mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in pears, chopped pecans, and vanilla extract. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour r until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Remove from pan, and drizzle Caramel Glaze over warm cake.
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Caramel Glaze:
- Stir together brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 1/2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.