My sweetest neighbor gave me a beautiful bag of fresh pears!! Holy Moly. (Did she know about my famous Pear Cake?) Well she does now!! The original 2011 ever so popular Pear cake.
And it’s finally baking time as autumn officially arrived here in Heatville and it’s “somewhat” cooler in the kitchen. I have been wanting to try a vegan version of the Pear Cake for quite some time. Yes, THAT pear cake. So I searched for some options and liked the one using the Chia Seed egg substitute. I tried it out on those lovely neighbors of mine and so far I think this cake is still a success. Let me know your thoughts. Sorry If you’re on a diet, I suggest you might want to try starting next week!! Sadly it’s quite addicting. :-)
The Pear Cake:
Ingredients:
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Teaspoon Salt
½ Teaspoon Ground Cloves
½ Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
¼ Cup Molasses
2 Teaspoons Almond Extract
1 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Tbl spoons Chia Seeds with 9-12 Tbl water (or 3 large eggs)
3 Cups Diced Pear
Preheat oven to 350˚. Thoroughly grease & flour a large bundt pan. Mix Chia seeds with water. If the consistency becomes too gel like, sprinkle with water until you get the mix like a thick soup!
In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and granulated sugar. Mix in brown sugar, breaking up any clumps. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and mix in oil, chia seeds mixture, vanilla or almond extract and molasses. The batter will be quite thick. Fold in the diced pears being careful to not break up the fruit too much.
Spoon the cake batter into the greased bundt pan and spread the mixture evenly. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes before inverting on to a plate.
This cake needs no glaze just giggles. It’s simply delicious without anything but a little sprinkle of powdered sugar and good friends! Simple Sundays!
Bon Appétit!
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