Caramel-glazed Pear Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 28 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 ripe bartlett pears, peeled and diced (about 3 cups)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk

Recipe

• 1 to make cake:.
• 2 toss together pears and 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand 5 minutes.
• 3 beat eggs, 2 cups sugar, and oil at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
• 4 combine flour, salt, and baking soda, and add to egg mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
• 5 fold in pears, chopped pecans, and vanilla extract.
• 6 pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan.
• 7 bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• 8 remove from pan, and drizzle caramel glaze over warm cake.
• 9 to make the glaze:.
• 10 stir together brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 1/2 minutes or until sugar dissolves.