Asian Pear Cake Recipe

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Asian Pear Cake
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
512
Calories
Total time
90
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • 2 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp. ground ginger

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 350F.
  2. Slice the pears. What you’re looking for are simple slices, just as you would slice an apple. However, pears have a smaller core than apples so you’re likely to get more yield from the fruit. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the eggs until they’ve lost their orange color and have become a bit paler, about 1 min.
  4. Add to the mix the juice of two oranges and the zest from one and whisk lightly.
  5. Now add the flour, spice mix, baking powder, sugar, vanilla and salt and mix completely.
  6. Once those ingredients are incorporated, slowly add the oil as you mix the batter. The result will be rather thick, sticky, and perfect for what is next.
  7. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. How? Grease the pan, then add about a tablespoon of flour to the pan’s base, then move and shake the pan until the flour has made a nice thin coat that covers the pan’s entire interior. Do this over the sink to save your self the mess. Dump out any excess flour.
  8. Now begin to layer your cake. Take about a third of the batter mixture and lay down a nice coating on the bottom of the pan. This will actually be your top, so you want to make sure you’ve made a thick layer all the way around the base of the pan.
  9. Lay pear slices on top of your batter layer. Add another layer of batter and another layer of pear slices. You should get between 2-3 layers of pears. The final layer should be batter.
  10. Place your pan in the oven and bake for approximately 90 min. To check for doneness, insert a toothpick in the middle and remove it. It should come out clean when the cake is done.
  11. Remove finished cake from the oven and leave it in its pan for at least 30 min. on a rack or other tray. Once sufficiently cool, you can turn it out onto a plate or simply leave it in its pan and cut slices from it. In either case, be sure to work slowly. The cake has a dense construction and those apples don’t help, so it will be more delicate then a Bundt cake or the like.
  12. Sprinkle slices with confectioners sugar and enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 512.3 Kcal (2145 kJ)
Calories from fat 218.11 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.23g 37%
Cholesterol 74.4mg 25%
Sodium 148.07mg 6%
Potassium 335.19mg 7%
Total Carbs 68.24g 23%
Sugars 34.34g 137%
Dietary Fiber 3.61g 14%
Protein 6.65g 13%
Vitamin C 16.1mg 27%
Iron 1mg 5%
Calcium 103.5mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 270.3 Kcal (1132 kJ)
Calories from fat 115.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.79g 37%
Cholesterol 39.25mg 25%
Sodium 78.13mg 6%
Potassium 176.85mg 7%
Total Carbs 36g 23%
Sugars 18.12g 137%
Dietary Fiber 1.91g 14%
Protein 3.51g 13%
Vitamin C 8.5mg 27%
Iron 0.5mg 5%
Calcium 54.6mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11.5
    Points
  • 14
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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