Description
This is the recipe that I like to use with the fresh pears that I get from my trees in late August. It’s also lower in fat and cholesterol than most regular cakes.
Ingredients
- 4 cups peeled, cored and chopped pears
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 egg whites
- ⅔ cup canola oil
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Combine the pears and the sugar and let stand for one hour.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 10 inch bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Slightly beat the egg whites and combine them with the oil
- chopped pecans and pear mixture.
- Stir the flour
- salt
- baking soda
- nutmeg
- cinnamon and cloves. Stir in the pear mixture. Pour batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Remove from oven ant let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing form pan.
Servings: 12