Psalms 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
My {Dana} husband loves pear preserves.
Luckily, my Daddy and Mama have an orchard with several pear trees (as well as a variety of apple trees) and every summer we pick loads of pears so I can make pear preserves.
Anyway, I had a box of yellow cake mix in the cabinet and was wondering what kind of cake I could bake besides the boring yellow cake.
So, I got to snooping through my cabinets and came across all kinds of pear preserves from last year.
And I thought to myself, “Self, you better be getting rid of these before it’s time to make another batch” And then it hit me, why not bake a Pear Preserves Cake.
The result is as follows.
Sorry there are no pics , but I wasn’t sure how this would turn out so I didn’t make any.
If you make this cake and make pics please send them to me at southerngalscook@yahoo.com and I will attach them to the post!
Thanks!
Ingredients
1 box yellow cake mix, butter recipe
3 eggs
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup water
2 cups pear preserves, spiced
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour bundt pan, set aside.
Mix all ingredients and evenly pour into pan and bake until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes.
Glaze
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 cup honey
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
Puree pineapple, honey and vanilla pudding.
Pour over warm cake.
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When u say spiced pear preserves what spices do u mean? My preserves are not spiced.
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Hi Michelle. Sometimes I will put ground cloves in my pear preserves just to have a little something different every now and then. Doesn’t take much, just enough to give a little “spice!” But if you want to make the cake you can use just regular pear preserves and add about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon (to taste) ground cloves to your batter. Hope this helps.
Happy baking:)
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As a a baker, I must say THIS is THE pear preserves cake recipe. It is fabulous- thank you for taking the time to post it. I must say, I am curious though how many tries it toook you to get the consistency/all just so… or did you get it on the first try?!?
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Thanks so much for the kind words Bz. And to answer your question ….. I can’t even remember how many tries it took me to get it just right. Maybe two or three?!? At my age it’s hard to remember, especially if it’s been longer than a couple of days! LOL
SGC
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After MUCH searching for a pear preserves cake, I FINALLY found yours’ …others didn’t sound right here or there- usually not enough pear preserves. I have made your cake and IT WAS FABULOUS. Am going to be making it again today. I did a different topping before (where I mixed pear preserves with icing).
ANYway, just wanted to THANK YOU for the recipe. Also, love your blog!
From another southern baker/cooker (SE Texas),
Take care!
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Thank you so much! We are so glad you enjoyed it!
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