3 c. fresh pears, peeled, cored and chopped
2 c. sugar
1 c. nuts
1 c. coconut
3 c. flour
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. oil
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs, well beaten

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix pears, sugar and coconut. Let stand for 1 hour, stirring often. Sift flour, spices, soda and salt 3 times and add to pear mixture. Mix eggs, oil and vanilla. Add to pear mixture. Mix by hand. Pour into a well-greased tube pan.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

This is a good, moist cake using our local pears.