Well I should name this week Pear Week. I’m so excited to have a bunch of pears to use that we grew ourselves. Well the pear trees that we planted two years ago actually grew them, lol.
When I have ripe pears around the first thing that comes to mind is my friend, Lilann Taylor down in Savannah, GA. Lilann makes the most Divine Pear Cake you have ever tasted. But since I have not been successful squeezing the recipe out of Lilann I went on a search and come up with a wonderful Fresh Pear Cake Recipe. Believe me, when you make this everyone wants the recipe. It’s that good.
Fresh Pear Cake
Ingredients:
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vegetable Oil
3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon backing soda
1 1/2 cups pears – peeled, cored and chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk
Directions:
In a mixing bowl beat eggs on medium speed. Gradually add sugar and oil. Beat thoroughly. Combine flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in pears and vanilla. Spoon into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes. Let cool in pan 10 minutes before inverting on a plate.
In a small bowl, combine the confectioners’ sugar and milk, beat until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.
I made two of these cakes today by doubling the recipe. One will go to a meeting with me tonight and the other was wrapped in plastic wrap, tin foil and then put in a 2 gallon freezer bag and froze prior to being iced. Now I have one ready for when company comes on a furture date.
Here is a chick update for you. The girls are really doing great. Getting so big and should be laying in another month.
Funny thing is, when I go to take their picture and they see the camera. This is what happens. . . .they run right over to me and peck at my camera.
Or they do this. . . . turn their little backsides to me.
But on occassion you can get them to pose. Like Red is here.
Or Miss Sophie is here. Sophie is so very hard to take photos of because she is so dark, but sometimes you can catch her just right.
Here is Sophie again out in the sunlight. She turns emerald green when the light shines on those black, black feathers of hers. You can see a bit of that on her wing in this photo.
After they got tired of pecking at the camera they decided to check out the pear scraps that I gave them. Sorry about my big old shadow in the pic, lol.
Here is a picture of what we call the chicken playground. They are truly spoiled!
Now, I am going to go back to ignoring my 50 birthday, which is tomorrow the 31st. Wasn’t I just 21 last year. . . .humm, that could just be my bad memory making me think so. Where does the time go.
Until my next post. . . . .
Hugs,
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I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012. I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!
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Happy Birthday Michelle. And many more! And don’t remember – age is all relative… : )
Keep up the great posts…I love your techniques!
Happy birthday! I hope it is a great one and that someone else makes YOU a cake!
Where do you get 2 gallon freezer bags? I have looked everywhere!
I get the 2 gallon freezer bags at Walmart.
Happy Birthday, Michelle! I hope you have a great day!! Yes, where do you get 2 gallon freezer bags? I can’t find them anywhere either.
Happy birthday Michelle. I’ll trade ages with you if you want to. I would love to be 50 again. I will absolutely send you my recipe for Fresh Pear Cake. The only thing I have to warn you about is that the batter is really, really thick. It works best to use a stand mixer. I was just thinking about the fact that I needed to get some pears from my mother-in-law and make a cake. I’ll have to hide it from Jed though. He went on a diet and lost over 50 pounds so I don’t want to tempt him too much. Congratulations on getting a daughter-in-law. I know y’all must have had a great time at the wedding. By the way, the photo of the cake looks great and I bet it tasted even better.
Happy 21st anniversary of your 29th birthday. I will definitely have to try the pear cake. I look forward to meeting you in October! Maybe I’ll bring youmy chocolate zuccinni cake recipe.
Happy Birthday!!! I LOVE pear cake!! Thanks so much for sharing your card making talent and baking talent! Enjoy your day!
I am wishing you the happiest of birthdays. You deserve the best day. You are so terrific at what you do and thank you so much for sharing your art with us. I can see a card with black tinged with green coming soon! Hugs to you.
Happy birthday, Michelle! Here’s to your best year ever!
Thanks for the recipe; pears are in season here in Québec, too.
Your lovely hens have inspired me to get out a set of rooster/hen stamps I got long ago and haven’t dared use because of the coloring I’d have to do. Your girls are perfect examples!
Happy 21st (and holding) Birthday,
The cake looks devine, I may have to give it a try.
Enjoy your Long Birthday weekend! Hugs….
Happy Birthday and hope it’s divine. That pear cake looks divine – can’t wait to try this one. What a wonderful house and playground for those chickens. They truly are spoiled.
Happy Birthday Michelle. Thanks for the pear cake recipe. Sounds devine. Love your blog.
Michelle, I hope you are having a wonderful birthday today. Mine is coming up in a couple of weeks and I only wish I were turning 50. It isn’t all bad though because some places will start honoring senior citizen discounts. LOL
Love the pictures and descriptions on the photos of your feathery friends. They are such pretty chickens. Hope you get lots of eggs when they start laying.
Happy Birthday Michelle. I also turn 50 later this year. It doesn’t seem like it should be here already. I remember as a little kid I thought 30 was really old!!!
Happy birthday Michelle, I stopped counting my birthdays too so I won’t tell a soul your not a spring chick anymore, talking of which your chicken babies have all grown up beautifully. What beauties, and spoiled by their mom too I see, I love there little chichen house.
The pear cake sounds lovely too, I may be tempted to jump off the diet waggon for a taste, lol.
I hope you have a lovely day today with lots of cards, cake and lovely presents.
Thanks for the great recipe, and the chicken photos. Happy Birthday,Michelle! Mine is coming up on 09/05, and I was born in 1938. So, how old does that make me this year? Way more than 50, kiddo… lol
Happy 50th Michelle! Remember, fifty is nifty! I should know, I did it two years ago:)
Happy Birthday! Hope it’s a great one!!
well your pear cake sounds so yummy- my neighbor has a pear tree and we are going to make some pear butter together-it is so delicious-happy 50th birthday-you are only as old as you feel by the way
Wishing you a terrific birthday filled with everything you enjoy!! Love the cake recipe and the photos of the chickens!!
Hi Michelle,
Happy Birthday!!! Your pear cake looks very tasty and I can’t wait to make one. I have never tasted pear cake! Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Also, enjoyed an update on your hens too.
Enjoy your birthday.
Happy Birthday, Michelle.
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I celebrate my 62nd on Sept 2. Guess that makes us both Virgos. Hope you have a great one and I know your family will enjoy the “fruits of your labor” (cake).
I can see why you love these chickens…they are beautiful. How’s the eggs for eating?
Met you in Auburn, WA a couple years ago and love to follow everything you do…always fabulous!
Debi
Happy Birthday to you! Just remember that it’s just a number. It’s really how your body, mind and soul feel! So if you feel 21…then so be it!! That recipe sounds so wonderful, I’m going to make it. Sounds yummy. Your girls are growing so fast and they are so pretty! Who said they can’t be spoiled? My great aunt used to tell me that as long as you keep the chickens happy, they will give you tons of eggs. She used to sing to them and spend a little time with them every day. Trust me, every morning I was pulling a huge basket of eggs out of that coop. LOL. There must be something to it.
Happy Birthday, Michelle! I hope Russ does something suitably sweet to spoil you on your special day. Thanks for the pear recipe. We have an ancient pear tree in the back yard. Maybe I need to see if I can get some pears off before the bees get them all and give it a try.
I don’t have fresh pears in my yard, but this really looks so good, I think I’m going to have to buy some and make this cake. Yummy!
Your chicks are looking good. Are you planning to show them? A GF at my office raises chicks and goats and she is taking her chicks to a show this weekend.
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a fabulous day.
The cake looks wonderful. Maybe I can come up with a gluten-free, corn-free, egg-free version so my son can have some. He would love it. Makes me hungry seeing the pic
The chick pics are cute, too!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday today!!!
Welcome to Club 50! I got there in January of this year!
Happy Birthday Michelle!!
I’m a big fan of your works! (from Italy : )
Happy Belated Birthday Michelle! I sure hope you had a GREAT one. Mine was last Friday. The cake looks good, I just don’t like pears. I love the chicks. Wow how big they got. I love following them as they grow. Congrats on a new Daughter N Law. Thoses pics were beautiful. I follow you. I love all your hard work. Keep up the GREAT job!
Happy Belated Birthday! Wishing you the best year yet!
Your baby chicks have certainly grown into some beautiful ladies! TFS the nice pics of them. The cake looks delish! Decades ago I found a recipe for a S.C. Fresh Peach cake. I made it once and it became a fast fav. Not a fresh peach season goes by, that I don’t make two or three. This pear cake will be wonderful to add to my repertoire of fresh fruit cakes. Thanks!
Hope you had a great birthday. Wishing you blessing throughout the coming year! I wanted to let you know my daughter and I made your pear cake last night and it was a BIG hit! Thank you for sharing!
Yummy Pear Cake and so easy to make!!!! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your classes in Sacramento.