Ilas Pear Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat eggs on medium speed. Gradually add sugar and oil; beat thoroughly. Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; add to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in pears and vanilla. (The batter will be stiff.) , Spoon into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. , In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar and milk; beat until smooth. Drizzle over warm cake. Cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 8x8-inch pan.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt.
• In a bowl, combine pears, cinnamon, and 1/4 cup of sugar, toss lightly.
• Cream butter and remaining sugar together, add egg and vanilla and mix till the batter is pale and smooth.
• Add milk alternatively with the dry ingredients, starting and ending with flour.
• Pour half of the batter into baking pan.
• Cover with pears, then pour the remaining half of the batter, covering the pears completely.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cool completely.

Steps:

• 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 in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Peel, core and slice pears.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Butter an 8 inch baking dish.
• In a food processor, pulse 2 cups of flour with 3/4 cup of sugar, light brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add the egg and pulse just until combined.
• Turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead several times.
• Divide the dough roughly in half; leave one piece slightly larger.
• Flatten into disks, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• Wipe out the food processor; add the almond paste, lemon juice, cinnamon, 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon flour.
• Process until smooth.
• Scrape into a bowl and gently stir in the pear slices.
• On an unfloured work surface, roll out the larger piece of dough to an 11" square.
• Put the dough into the baking dish, pressing it three quarters of the way up the side.
• Spoon the pear filling into the cake pan in an even layer.
• Roll out the remaining dough to an 8 1/2" square.
• Set the dough on top of the pears and press the rim to seal.
• Bake for 55 minutes or until golden brown.