Pearadise Torte
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Sue Bee® Honey
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup margarine or butter
- 3 eggs
Filling Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Sue Bee® Honey
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup reserved canned pear liquid
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 cup pears
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 Tbsp. margarine or butter
Frosting Ingredients
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions
Cake Directions
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.
- Mix all above ingredients until blended and beat at high speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour into prepared pans and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until center is done.
- Cool in pan 15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely.
Filling Directions
- In a saucepan, combine cornstarch, pear juice, orange juice and SueBee Honey.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Continue cooking and stirring for 1 minute.
- Blend small amount of mixture with egg yolk.
- Add to saucepan, blending well.
- Cook just until bubbly, stirring constantly.
- Cool completely.
Frosting Directions
- Beat the frosting ingredients until firm peaks form. (Do not overbeat.)
- Slice each cake layer in half to make 4 layers.
- Spread filling between each layer as you put the cake layers together.
- Frost entire cake with frosting and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.