Cinnamon Pear Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup light vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup apples or 1/3 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 large pears, peeled and thinly sliced (or firm apples)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 cake: preheat oven 350°f
• 2 grease and flour a 10" tube pane.
• 3 combine first four ingredients.
• 4 beat eggs, oil, juice and vanilla in large bowl.
• 5 add dry ingredients, beating until smooth (batter will be stiff).
• 6 filling: spread 1/3 batter in prepared pan.
• 7 cover with half of pears (apples. repeat layers.
• 8 spread remaining 1/3 batter on top.
• 9 bake in center of 350f oven for 70-75 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 10 cool 20 minutes in pan then remove to rack and cool completely.
• 11 if desired, dust with icing sugar before serving.