Pear Cake

I recently tried this for a family dinner and people couldn't get enough of it!  It is moist and full of goodies.  This is a variation of the original from Hazyl Lindley.

Pear Cake

2 c. sugar

1 1/2 c. oil

3 eggs

3 c. flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. vanilla

2 c. flaked coconut (about 1, 7 oz. package)

1 c. Craisins

3 c. fresh or canned pears, drained and chopped

1 c. walnuts, chopped

Cream together sugar and oil.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.  Set aside.  Sift flour with cinnamon, salt and soda, then add to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla; mix.  Add coconut, craisins, pears and pecans, stirring by hand, batter will be thick.  Pour into a greased and floured fluted tube pan.  Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 - 2 hours or until cake tests done.  Cool on rack until cake shrinks from sides of pan; remove from pan to cool completely.  Yield 16 servings.

Note: the recipe didn't call for frosting, but how could I resist?  We loved it with the sour cream frosting which follows this recipe.
Jenny