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    Apple Pear Cake

    February 27, 2008 by G. Stephen Jones 3 Comments

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    Apple Pear Cake Recipe

    Jewish Apple Pear Cake

    My buddy Geoff loves to bake and whenever there is a get together at someone's house to celebrate a birthday, holiday or Michigan football game, Geoff is asked to bake something special. I have mentioned him before for his absolutely incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies.

    This past weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving in February at Barbecue Bob's home and Geoff brought the cookies plus this Apple Pear Cake. It was delicious so I wanted to share his adapted recipe and tips.

    Here's what Geoff said,

    The recipe below came from a cookbook put together by Price Waterhouse Coopers of favorite employee recipes. It never fails to draw rave reviews...but as usual, I have altered the recipe a bit to make it more interesting. The original recipe was for Jewish Style Apple Cake.

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    5 from 1 vote

    Apple Pear Cake

    Prep Time30 mins
    Cook Time1 hr 30 mins
    Total Time2 hrs
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 12 servings

    Ingredients

    • 2 Bartlett pears
    • 2 Granny Smith apples
    • 1 Macintosh Apple
    • 5 tablespoons sugar
    • 3 teaspoons cinnamon
    • 1 cup vegetable oil
    • 2½ cups sugar
    • 4 eggs
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla
    • 3 cups unbleached flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 3 teaspoon baking powder
    • ⅓ cup orange juice
    US Customary - Metric

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease tube pan.
    • In a large bowl, beat well the oil sugar, eggs and vanilla.
    • Stir in the flour, salt and baking powder.
    • Add orange juice.
    • Peel and slice the fruit and mix with 5 tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon.
    • Make layers of batter and fruit.
    • Bake 1½ hours.
    • Let cool in pan before inverting.

    Notes

    Geoff's Tip- if you prepare the fruit before the batter, the fruit mix becomes too liquidy and causes the cake to stick to the pan. While this cake always tastes good, I have had some problems with it sticking, so choose your pan carefully, butter it well and remove the cake carefully.

     

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    1. ann

      March 01, 2012 at 2:58 am

      Thanks..im going to try this recipe this weekend..

      Reply
    2. Sowmya

      June 12, 2012 at 3:21 pm

      Hi there,
      Loved the Reluctant Gourmet story. I live in Philadelphia as well. I am a pure vegetarian and not too crazy about working with eggs. Can you suggest an alternative to eggs in desserts?

      Reply
    3. Pennies

      December 24, 2020 at 6:18 pm

      5 stars
      This cake is easily one of my new favorites! The recipe was great and I had no problem with sticking. Thanks for sharing it!

      Reply

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