Pear Cake

4 cups of pears (soft, ripe, peeled and chopped very fine)
2 cups sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.

Mix pears and sugar in a bowl, cover and set aside for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes. The pears will more or less dissolve into a puree.

In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.

Place pears in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add oil, eggs and vanilla extract and mix well. With the paddle on low speed, add the flour mixture in 2 increments, combining well after each addition. Stir in the chopped pecans and pour into the prepared pan.

Bake at 350°F for one hour, or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Cool in the pan, cut into squares and serve.