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