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Apple Pear Cake

Name: Apple Pear Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 15 servings.
Ingredients: 2 cups shredded peeled tart apples; 2 cups shredded peeled pears; 2 cups sugar; 1-1/4 cups canola oil; 1 cup raisins; 1 cup chopped pecans; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon salt; CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:; 3 ounces cream cheese, softened; 3 cups confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup butter, softened; 2 tablespoons 2% milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Total Time

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 1 hour + cooling

Makes

15 servings

When my sister Catherine made her apple cake for me, I knew I needed the recipe. For my version, I added some pears from the trees on our acreage. The resulting apple-pear cake is so moist and tastes so good. Now every time I make it, people want my recipe. —Mary Ann Lees, Centreville, Alabama

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Ingredients

2 cups shredded peeled tart apples
2 cups shredded peeled pears
2 cups sugar
1-1/4 cups canola oil
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pecans
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons 2% milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Combine dry ingredients; stir into the fruit mixture.
Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool completely on a wire rack.
For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Beat in the milk and vanilla; frost cake. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 613 calories, 30g fat (6g saturated fat), 43mg cholesterol, 306mg sodium, 84g carbohydrate (60g sugars, 3g fiber), 5g protein.

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