- 1 1/4 cups oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups chopped pears
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine oil and sugar and mix until well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until mixed. Add about a third of the flour mixture at a time to the batter in the large bowl, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the diced pear, walnuts and vanilla.
4. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours. Let cake stand on a wire rack until cooled. Run a thin knife around the edges of the pan and turn cake onto a platter.
