Pear Coffee Cake

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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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Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time:
1 hr 45 mins
Servings:
16
Yield:
16 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 1 ½ 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

  1. In a mixing 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 degrees F 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.

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