Parsnip And Pear Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
then cut and add the following
1 1/2 cups grated parsnips
1 cup chopped pear
1/2 cup raisins

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a separate bowl beat together the top 8 ingredients. Then cut and add in the grated parsnips, cut pear, and raisins. Put into a 22 cm loose bottomed round cake tin, lined bottom and sides above the tin sides, or a well greased bundt pan.
Cook until done (tooth pick comes out clean) approximately 1 hour.
optional add in: 1/2 cup walnuts Optional: cream cheese icing.