Pear Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
2 c. flaked coconut (about one 7 oz. pkg.)
1 c. chopped dates
3 c. raw or canned pears, drained and chopped
1 c. pecans, chopped (4 oz. pkg.)

Preparation

Combine together sugar and oil; add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Set aside.
Sift flour with cinnamon, salt and soda 3 times, then add to creamed mixture. Add mixture.
Add vanilla; mix.
Add coconut, dates, pears and pecans, stirring by hand (batter will be thick).
Pour into greased and floured Bundt pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until cake tests done with a wooden pick inserted in center. Cool on rack or until cake shrinks from sides of pan.
Remove from pan to complete cooling.
Yields 16 servings.