Holiday Pear-and-Walnut Spice Cake
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Holiday Pear-and-Walnut Spice Cake

Holiday Pear-and-Walnut Spice Cake

Serves 6 | with Quick Maple Cream

This super-moist spiced cake with tender pears is the perfect way to end a festive meal. The best part is the maple cream drizzled over top!

Ingredients: Vanilla cake mix (sugar, enriched wheat flour, modified corn starch, milk ingredients, salt, wheat starch, canola oil, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cellulose gum, monocalcium phosphate) (milk, wheat) • Pear • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Brown sugar (cane sugar, molasses) • Maple syrup • Unsalted butter (cream) (milk) • Grade A egg • Pecans • Pumpkin pie spice mix (spices) • Cornstarch.

Allergens:
Wheat
Milk
Egg
Pecans

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.

Preparation Time1 hour 45 minutes
Cooking Time8 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

serving amount

400 g

Vanilla Baking Mix

(Contains Wheat, Milk May contain Fish, Sesame, Mustard, Sulphites, Egg, Tree nuts, Crustaceans, Gluten, Peanuts, Soy)

1 unit(s)

Pear

1 unit(s)

Egg

(Contains Egg)

2 tsp

Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

(May contain Peanuts, Sulphites, Triticale, Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Wheat, Soy, Sesame)

113 mL

Cream

(Contains Milk)

4 tbsp

Maple Syrup

¼ tbsp

Cornstarch

(May contain Soy, Sesame, Fish, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Triticale, Sulphites, Crustaceans, Wheat, Tree nuts, Peanuts)

½ cup

Brown Sugar

(May contain Mustard, Soy, Egg, Fish, Wheat, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sulphites, Crustaceans, Sesame, Milk)

56.5 g

Unsalted Butter

(Contains Milk)

28 g

Pecans

(Contains Pecans May contain Mustard, Peanuts, Soy, Sulphites, Egg, Gluten, Milk)

Not included in your delivery

⅓ cup

Oil*

¼ tsp

Salt*

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Nutrition Values

Calories1990 kcal
Fat87 g
Saturated Fat34 g
Carbohydrate270 g
Sugar192 g
Dietary Fiber6 g
Protein14 g
Cholesterol230 mg
Sodium2260 mg
Trans Fat1.5 g
Potassium400 mg
Calcium300 mg
Iron6 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Utensils

Parchment Paper
8x8" Baking Dish
Measuring Spoons
Medium Bowl
Large Bowl
Whisk
Measuring Cups
Small pot

Cooking Steps

Prep baking dish
1
  • Grease the base and sides of an 8x8-inch (9x13-inch for 4 ppl) metal baking dish with 1 tsp (2 tsp) softened butter. Then, line the base and sides with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides. (TIP: The overhang will make it easy for you to remove the cake from the pan later.)
Make pear topping
2
  • Core, then cut pear into 1/4-inch slices.
  • Melt remaining butter in a medium microwavable bowl, or in a medium pot over low heat.
  • Add brown sugar and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) salt to the bowl, then stir to combine. 
  • Arrange pears in a single layer on the bottom of the prepared baking dish. 
  • Pour butter-brown sugar mixture over pears.
  • Sprinkle pecans over top. 
  • Set aside.
Make cake batter
3
  • Add egg, 1/3 cup (2/3 cup) oil, 1/2 cup (1 cup) water to a large bowl, then whisk to combine.
  • Add vanilla baking mix and pumpkin pie spice mix, then whisk until batter is smooth.
  • Gently pour cake batter over pear mixture in baking dish.
Bake cake
4
  • Bake in the middle of the oven until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out mostly clean, 30-35 min.
  • Remove baking dish from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. 
Make maple cream sauce
5
  • Off heat, add cream, maple syrup and 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) cornstarch to a small pot, then whisk to combine.
  • Heat pot over medium. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly.
  • Once simmering, reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens slightly, 3-6 min. 
  • Remove from heat. 
  • Season with 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt. Stir to combine.
Finish and feast
6
  • Once cake has fully cooled, place a plate upside-down over the cake.
  • Flip the pan. Set the plate with overturned cake down on a surface, then remove pan. Lift parchment paper and discard.
  • Serve maple cream on the side.