1½ cup Brown Sugar, Dark
1½ cup Salad Oil
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1½ teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Ginger
½ teaspoon Salt
2 cup Flour
4 Eggs
2 pound Pears
*** FROSTING ***
1/3 cup Butter
3 ounce Cream Cheese
1½ teaspoon Vanilla
2½ cup Sugar, Powdered
In a large bowl, blend together sugar, oil, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt and flour. Beat at medium speed 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Core pears, and cut them into half inch chunks. Stir pear chunks into batter. Pour batter into 9 x 13-inch glass pan. Bake at 350f one hour or until done. Cool before frosting.
For frosting, beat together butter, cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar. Frost the cooled pear cake, and serve when ready.