INGREDIENTS

  • 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Ziyad Brand chopped walnuts
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon Ziyad Brand ground cardamom
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Ziyad Brand ground cinnamon
  • ⅓ teaspoon Ziyad Brand ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ziyad Brand ground nutmeg
  • ½ cup unsalted softened butter
  • ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup Ziyad Brand plain yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons Ziyad Brand vanilla powder
  • 3 cups peeled and chopped ripe pears about 3 medium pears

Directions

Step 1 – Preheat the Oven

Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour a 10-cup cake pan.

Step 2

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.

Step 3

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine: Softened butter and oil, add sugars. Mix on medium speed until fully combined.

Step 4

Add the Eggs: one at a time, to the butter-sugar mixture. Make sure each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next one.

Step 5

Add yogurt and vanilla powder Mix until the batter is smooth and fully combined.

Step 6

With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix just until combined. Do not overmix.

Step 7

Gently Fold in Pears and Walnuts, reserving few pears and walnuts for the top.

Step 8

Transfer the Batter: into the prepared pan. Smooth the top evenly with a spatula.

Step 9

Bake in the preheated oven for 55-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.

Step 10

Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack.
Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake, then invert it onto a serving plate.

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