Banana Pear Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 ripe pear
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon rum
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup ground flax seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 peel and core pear. mash the pear and bananas together. stir in vanilla, rum and buttermilk. set aside.
• 3 whisk flours, salt, baking soda together in a bowl and set aside.
• 4 cream butter and sugars together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 reduce the mixer speed to low. beat in half the flour mixture until just incorporated, followed by one-third of the banana mixture, continue to alternate until all ingredients are incorporated and the batter looks thick and chunky. be careful not to over mix.
• 6 pour the batter into a prepared 9 inch springform pan. top with chopped pecans.
• 7 bake for 35 - 45 minutes.