Spiced Brown Sugar-Pear Cake with Sour Cream Frosting
 
Makes 1 (9-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (200 grams) C&H Granulated Sugar
  • ⅔ cup (149 grams) vegetable oil
  • ⅓ cup (73 grams) firmly packed C&H Golden Brown Sugar
  • 2 large eggs (100 grams), room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon (4 grams) vanilla extract
  • 1⅓ cups (167 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoons (3 grams) pumpkin pie spice
  • ¾ teaspoon (3.75 grams) baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon (2.25 grams) kosher salt
  • 2⅔ cups (452 grams) ¼-inch-chopped peeled D’Anjou pears
  • ⅔ cup (75 grams) finely chopped toasted pecans
  • Sour Cream Frosting (recipe follows)
  • Garnish: chopped toasted pecans, pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with baking spray with flour. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, oil, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well combined, stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pie spice, baking soda, and salt. Gradually stir flour mixture into sugar mixture just until some flour streaks remain. Fold in pears and pecans until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan; spread into an even layer with a small offset spatula. Tap pan on a kitchen towel-lined counter a few times to settle batter and release any air bubbles.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes. Rotate pan, and bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes more, loosely covering with foil during final 10 minutes of baking to prevent excess browning. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes; using a small offset spatula, loosen edges of cake. Gently remove cake from pan, and let cool completely, parchment side down, on a wire rack.
  5. Discard parchment; place cake on a serving plate. Spread and swoop Sour Cream Frosting onto cake as desired. Garnish with pecans and pie spice, if desired. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://staging.bakefromscratch.com/spiced-brown-sugar-pear-cake-sour-cream-frosting/