Pear Spice Cake
Recipe Date:
July 13, 2017
Cook Time:
00:00:00
Difficulty:
Easy
Measurements:
Imperial (US)
Pair with warm White Ipocras.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3/8 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup neutral olive oil or canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 large pear, peeled, cored, and finely grated
- 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or 1 cup white flour & 1⁄4 cup whole wheat flour)
- 1/4 cup ground flax seed
- 1/4 cup oat bran (optional)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 to 1 cup of golden raisins
- 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
Directions
Beat eggs with molasses, sugar, oil and grated pear.
Mix together flour and dry ingredients including baking powder, spices, walnuts, and raisins.
Bake in a 9” x 5”greased loaf pan at 325ºF for 1 hour. I used two smaller loaf pans and cooked until brown on top and a toothpick came out clean, approximately 45 minutes. Cool slightly, remove from loaf pans.
Gingered Cream Cheese (optional):
Mix 8 oz package of cream or Neufchatel cheese with 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup finely chopped candied ginger. Mix well and serve with cake at room temperature. If you do not have candied ginger on hand, you may substitute 1⁄4 cup honey and ground or fresh ginger to taste.
