Moist Pear Cake

Peel pears and thinly slice. Toss with caster sugar, dark brown soft sugar and pecans and let sit for one hour. After sitting puree pear mixture in a blender.

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour one 23x33cm or similar sized tin.

By hand stir in until just blended; the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda. Add dry ingredients to pear mixture and add oil, vanilla and eggs. Pour batter into prepared tin.

Bake at 180 C / Gas 4 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.