This cake makes a great dessert of course, but we also love it for breakfast or a snack. It's oil free and sugar free, using only dates to sweeten.
Pear Cake
Dry ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour ( 1 cup rolled oats in a blender on high for 5-10 seconds)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Wet ingredients
- ½ cup almonds
- 12 dates, pitted
- ½ cup filtered water
- 2 cups pears
- 2 cups pears, chopped, held out to fold in after all ingredients are mixed together.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk all dry ingredients together: oat flour, rolled oats, raisins, baking powder, ground flax and cinnamon. Set aside.
In a blender, add almonds, dates, filtered water, pears (just 2 cups, leaving 2 cups chopped to fold in after blending) and process on high speed until smooth - 45 to 60 seconds.
Pour the liquid ingredients into the oat flour bowl and mix well until there are no lumps.
Fold in the chopped pears.
Pour into an 8” x 8” baking dish and bake at 350º F for 45 minutes, until it’s nicely browned and a toothpick comes out clean.
This can also be baked in a Bundt pan, a round cake pan or 2 small loaf pans to create a different look... but it’s just as delicious whatever shape it takes!