Cranberry Pear Snackcake
By Monica on March 27th, 2008
This is one of my favorites from the “Grandma Files”. A versatile little cake, you can easily alter this to fit whatever you have in your pantry at the time. No cranberries? Use raisins, or any kind of fresh berry. Buy too many walnuts? Throw them in! And I truly feel sorry for those who do not have 30+ jars of homemade pearsauce in their cold cellars, but if you don’t, applesauce works too. The combination of delicately sweet pears and tart cranberries is tough to beat though, this is what I always come back to. As usual, Grandma was right.
Cranberry Pear Snackcake
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1t baking soda
1t cocoa
1/2t cinnamon
1 cup pearsauce (unsweetened)
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
Cream canola oil and brown sugar. Sift together flour, baking soda, cocoa, and cinnamon, then add to the oil/sugar mixture. Add pearsauce, cranberries and mix until blended. Pour into a lightly greased 9×9″ baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
In other food this week, I took advantage of affordable fresh asparagus and added it to Joanna’s Penne Alfredo from Yellow Rose Recipes:
And lastly, SusanV’s ridiculously easy, ridiculously delicious Smoky Refried Bean Soup. I have made this twice since she posted the recipe this month!
Romina says:
Yum!! That pasta looks so good.
And I LOVE the idea of a snackcake! It makes it sound so guiltless. =)
March 27th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Jennifer says:
It all looks so good.
I have to admit though, I am partial to that refried bean soup. How yum is that?!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Vegyogini says:
Wow, I’ve never had homemade pear sauce; it sounds so wonderful!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
Mmmm your grandma seems like she was a great cook!
The penne looks creamy and delicious as well.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Animal-Friendly says:
Ooooo- that bean soup! The avocado looks like the perfect, refreshing topping!
March 27th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Lori- the pleasantly plump vegan says:
grandmas rock!
i gotta try that penne alfredo.
March 27th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Lyndsay - VeganCowGirl says:
Mmmmmm….the soup and the cake look so amazing.
Who doesn’t love grandmas?? Before mine passed away she tried her very best to understand my wacky vegan ways.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:16 am
jd says:
Sheesh! As usual, everything in this post looks great!
I’m especially enamored with that cranberry cake though… *drool*
March 28th, 2008 at 3:19 am
jenny wren says:
That cake sounds delicious. I don’t think I’ve ever had pear sauce, and now I feel sorry for me too!
March 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Cakespy says:
I’m very glad you put the “snack cake” front and center, where it belongs! Wow, looks amazing. Well, it all does, but you know where my loves lie.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Liz² says:
awww, I wanna try pearsauce! or that penne or that soup, ummm… come cook for me? pleeease?
March 29th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Classic Cook says:
Oh wow, I wish I could barter something for a jar of the pearsauce, that sounds awesome!
March 30th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Tori says:
Mmm. That snack cake looks great. So does everything else. Alfredo used to be my favorite food, I think. Mmm.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:31 am
Mihl says:
I really shouldn’t have skipped lunch and then visit your blog. I am so hungry now! Send some penne, please?
March 31st, 2008 at 8:44 am
VeggieGirl says:
as amazing as EVERYTHING looks, I’m absolutely SALIVATING over that cranberry-pear cake!!! yum!!!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:42 am
Jess - The Domestic Vegan says:
Wow, everything looks so amazing! At first I was going to say that the cranberry-pear cake looked great. Then I scrolled down & thought that the Alfredo looked delicious. Then I scrolled down even MORE & saw that the refried bean soup looked spectacular. YUM!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Chessa says:
Everything on this post is making me drool! What are you trying to do to me?!?
April 7th, 2008 at 6:25 pm