Detour ahead~ Fall Pear (or Apple) Cake from the Recipe Box (recipe, too!)

Week 6 ~ Fall Pear (or Apple) Cake

Why did I take a detour this week?  Because Fall is in the air, and I've attended 2 bonfire parties,  and the pears & apples are in season (or coming in season),  and I just HAD to make an old favorite this week!  =)

Notes:
~We like to put our extra pears in the freezer pre-measured, and ready to go.
 ~If you make cupcakes, check them in 12-15 min.
~The original cake recipe came from a C&H sugar package, but the following is the way I make it:

                     Fall Pear (or Apple) Cake
3 eggs
3/4 Cup Oil (rice bran or olive)
1 tea. Vanilla

2-1/4 Cup flour (wheat, white or white spelt)
Or:  ((((Gluten-Free: 3/4 cup Brown Rice flour, 3/4 cup White Rice flour (the sticky kind- you can get it at the Asian markets) & 3/4 cup Sorghum flour (Bob's Red Mill) and 1/2 tea. Xanthan Gum (you could use unflavored gelatin- look up how much to substitute))))
1 Cup Sucanat (or brown sugar, or white with a bit of black strap molasses)
1 tea. Baking powder
1/2 tea. Baking soda
1 tea. Salt
1-1/2 tea. Cinnamon
1-1/4 tea. Nutmeg

3 Cups (18 oz) Grated Pears or Apples
1/2 to 1-1/2 Cup chopped/ground nuts

Heat oven to 350.
Stir together flour, sweetener, powder, soda, salt, cinnamon & nutmeg- set aside.
With and electric mixer beat eggs, oil, and vanilla.
Gradually beat the dry ingredients into egg mixture until blended.
Stir in pears and nuts.

Spoon batter into a greased Bundt pan.
Bake 45-50 minutes (Gluten-Free cooks a bit faster, so check on it sooner), until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan.

Serve warm or cold. With or without frosting.

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Cream Cheese "Frosting"

1- 8oz package of cream cheese (really soft)

1 cup powdered sugar** (sifted)

2 dribbles of vanilla**  Beat (with an electric mixer) the really soft cream cheese,
and add the powdered sugar & vanilla- keep beating till well mixed and gooey/goopy! =)

(This was a nice amount of frosting- 15 cupcakes had a generous amount- if I used less, it would have gone further)
If it is too stiff, add a tiny amount of milk or cream.


** You can use as little as 1/4 c. powdered sugar, and if you do, only use 1 dribble of vanilla.