Pear Spice Cake

A family recipe from Mindy Vantassel.

Getting ready: 15 min · Cooking: 45 min · Feeds: 9

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup packed dark or light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk or buttermilk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons rum/brandy (optional)
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 -1 1/2 cups chopped fresh pears (can use canned too :) )
• 1/2 cups chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Take an 8x8 cake pan and grease, set aside.
3. Mix dry ingredients (flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt).
4. Then add the milk or buttermilk, vegetable oil, rum/brandy (optional) and vanilla, stirring until smooth.
5. Then stir in the chopped pears and walnuts (optional).
6. Bake until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes.
7. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes on rack before inverting cake onto serving dish. Enjoy!!!!