Pear Cake with Brown Sugar Icing

4.67 from 6 votes

Pear Cake with brown sugar icing is a a delicious spice cake for fall. Loaded with warm spices, fresh pears and crunchy walnuts and the sweet brown sugar icing makes it something special to serve for holiday parties or family gatherings.

Prep Time10

Cook Time50

Total Time1

Course: Cakes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fall dessert, fresh pear cake, homemade pear cake, pear and walnut cake, spiced pear cake

Servings: servings

Calories: 563kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

3 cups diced pears
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup diced walnuts
1 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon kosher salt
non-stick cooking spray

For the Icing

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup toasted chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Peel, core and chop apples into bite-sized pieces.
Coarsely chop the walnuts.
In a large bowl, add vegetable oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla and mix with a wooden spoon.
Mix in apples and walnuts.
Add flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt, stirring until combined.
Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non stick baking spray. Pour cake batter into pan, spreading evenly.
Bake for 50 minutes to one hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Place 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts onto a baking sheet and place in the warm oven, with the oven turned off. Toast for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
Make the icing. In a heavy saucepan, add brown sugar, butter and heavy cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Remove from heat.
Pour into a mixing bowl and set aside to cool about 10 minutes.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
Mix until well combined. Set aside until cake has cooled.
Spread icing over cooled cake.
Top with toasted walnuts.

Notes

How to Store Pear Cake:

Store cooled cake at room temperature covered with plastic wrap up to 3 days. Cake can be refrigerated up to 5 days.

How to Freeze Pear Cake:

If you would like to freeze pear cake, do not ice the cake. Wrap cooled cake in 2 layers of plastic wrap and a layer of aluminum foil or place in a freezer bag up to 3 months.

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