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Pear Coffee Cake Recipe

I first tasted a moist, delicious pear coffee cake at a bake sale. At Christmas, I bake it instead of fruitcake, adding chopped nuts and chopped red and green candied cherries—about 1/4 cup of each.

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Pear Coffee Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1-1/2 hours + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

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Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups flaked coconut
1 cup chopped dates
3 cups chopped peeled pears
1 cup pecans, chopped

Directions

In a bowl, cream together sugar and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla. Bay hand, stir in coconut, dates, pears and pecans (batter will be thick). Spoon into a greased and floured fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until cake tests done. Cool on rack until cake comes away from sides of pan; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 536 calories, 31 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 40 mg cholesterol, 270 mg sodium, 63 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Pear Coffee Cake in Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook , p35