Pear & Walnut Cake with Honey Buttercream

Blossom Lady
Mar 01, 2025 03:09 AM
Pear & Walnut Cake with Honey Buttercream

This Pear & Walnut Cake with Honey Buttercream is incredibly moist and packed with flavor. The perfect way to kick off the Fall season!

I usually kick off my favorite season with a fruit I rarely eat, never mind bake with. Truthfully, I don’t eat a lot of any fruit, but I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve bought pears in the past 5 years.

I can’t explain why exactly, just that I tend to gravitate towards apples when it comes to my limited fruit consumption. I already have an Apple Pie Cake, so it was time to try something new with this Pear Cake!

Ingredients:
Poached Pears (optional)
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 cup honey
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 pears small, peeled

Pear & Walnut Cake
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts toasted
  • 2 cups shredded pears approx. 2 pears, peeled, cored, and coarse shredded

Honey Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  • 4 large egg whites
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1/4 cup honey

Assembly
  • poached pears (optional)
  • chopped walnuts toasted
Prep Time:
120 minutes
Cook Time:
55 minutes
Total Time:
175 minutes
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