Old Fashioned Pear Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups salad oil
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 3 medium firm ripe pears, peeled, cored and diced (about 1 and 1/2 lbs total)
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds or 1/2 cup walnuts
• Creamed Cheese Frosting
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, at room temperature
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1. In the large bowl of an electric mixture, combine sugar, oil, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger salt and flour.
2. Mix to blend; then beat at medium-high speed for 5 minutes.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Using a rubber spatula, fold pears and nuts into batter.
5. Spread in an ungreased 9 by 13 inch baking pan.
6. Bake in a 350 oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (50-55 minutes).
7. Let cool in pan on a wire rack.
8. Meanwhile, prepare Cream Cheese Frosting.
9. For frosting:
10. Beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla until fluffy.
11. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until frosting is of good spreading consistency.
12. Spread frosting over cool cake.

sugar, salad oil, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground salt, flour, eggs, firm ripe pears, almonds, creamed cheese frosting, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-pear-spice-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting-351514 (may not work)