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Baking & Sweets

Winter pear and nut cake

For 1 springform pan (26 cm) · Baking & Sweets / Cakes

Recipe photo: Winter pear and nut cake (Cakes)

Juicy cake with pears, walnuts or hazelnuts and winter spices such as cinnamon and vanilla - just right for autumn and winter. Not a classic marble cake or a plum cake, but an independent nut and pear cake with a clear season.

Timing

  • Preparation: approx. 20 minutes
  • Baking time: approx. 50-55 minutes
  • Total: approx. 75 minutes

Estimated nutrition

per piece · Calculated for 12 pieces.

Energy
≈ 380 kcal
Protein
≈ 6.2 g
Carbohydrates
≈ 33.8 g
Fat
≈ 24 g

Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.

Calculation basis

Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.

Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping

  • 3 ripe pears · ≈ 450.0 g
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar · ≈ 8.0 g
  • 3 eggs · ≈ 150.0 g
  • 2 tsp baking powder · ≈ 10.0 g
  • 2 tbsp milk · ≈ 30.0 g

The number of pieces is assumed for this calculation and is shown above.

Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria

Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe pears
  • 150 g walnuts or hazelnuts, roughly chopped
  • 200 g soft butter
  • 150g sugar
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 250g flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • optional: powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C top/bottom heat.
  2. Grease the springform pan and line it with baking paper.
  3. Mix butter, sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy.
  4. Stir in eggs one at a time.
  5. Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and fold in milk.
  6. Cut the nuts and pears into cubes and fold them into the dough.
  7. Pour into the mold and smooth it out.
  8. Bake for 50-55 minutes until a stick test comes out clean.
  9. Let cool and dust with powdered sugar if desired.