Fabulously Sweet Pear Cake

This is a recipe of my great-great grandmother's. It is wonderfully sweet and fresh. It's so delicious, it never lasts long!

• Calories: 451 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 fresh pears

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13x9 inch pan.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.