Pear-Walnut Cake With Honey-Orange Syrup

• Cake:
• Cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (about 13 1/2 ounces)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon aniseed, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups chopped peeled pear (about 3)
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• Syrup:
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. To prepare cake, coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 2 tablespoons flour. Set aside.
3. Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until thick and pale (about 3 minutes).
4. Lightly spoon 3 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, aniseed, salt, and cinnamon, stirring well with a whisk.
5. Combine rind, 1/2 cup juice, oil, and vanilla. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with juice mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; blend after each addition just until combined. Stir in pear and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 375u0b0 for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; loosen cake from sides of pan using a narrow metal spatula or knife. Place a plate upside down on top of cake pan; carefully invert cake onto plate.
6. To prepare syrup, combine honey and 2 tablespoons juice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Brush warm syrup over top and sides of cake. Cool completely.

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/pear-walnut-cake-with-honey-orange-syrup (may not work)