Pear Walnut Cake Recipe

 

Tools

• 8 inch or 9 inch baking tin
• Parchment paper

Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup toasted walnuts
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp corn starch
• 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp baking powder

Wet Ingredients

• 6 tbsp melted butter
• 1-2 sliced pears without core
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Peel and slice 1 or 2 pears, remove the core(s).
• Mix brown sugar, ¼ tsp cornstarch and ¼ tsp salt in a bowl.
• Blend dry ingredients until fine ( walnuts, all purpose flour, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp baking powder, and ¼ tsp baking soda).
• Blend 3 whole eggs, granulated sugar for 2 minutes. Add 3 tbsp melted butter, oil and blend for an additional 2 minutes. Lastly add walnut dry mixture and blend for 30 minutes.
• Place parchment paper in a baking tin. Pour melted butter over parchment paper then sprinkle brown sugar mixture.
• Place sliced pear clockwise in tin. Pour batter over pears.
• Bake for 70 minutes, rotate after 40 minutes.
• Let it cool for 15 minutes then remove the cake from the baking tin.
• Serve after 2 hours.

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