Fresh Pear Cake Recipe

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Old-fashioned pear spice cake is a wonderful ending to a meal. It's not too heavy or rich, but the moist treat is brimming with flavor.—Audrey Golden, Cary, North Carolina

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Fresh Pear Cake Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

25 45 70

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup (6 ounces) fat-free plain yogurt
1/2 cup canola oil
4 egg whites
1 egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups chopped peeled fresh pears
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar

Directions

Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, yogurt, oil, egg whites and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and cloves; gradually beat into yogurt mixture until blended. Stir in pears and pecans.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 264 calories, 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 291 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Fresh Pear Cake in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p87