Instructions: This is an adaptation of my grandmothers recipe which used 1 cup butter and six eggs for a whopping 19 g. of fat per 1/12 cake.)

Drain pears, reserve juice for another use and puree in food processor until smooth. Cook down over medium heat stirring occasionally to about 1 to 1-1/4 cups. (Pear mixture will be thick). Cool. Add sugar to pears and beat until light, just as you would cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla, egg substitute, milk and corn syrup. Beat well.

Combine flour and dry Butter Buds. Gently combine pear and flour mixture until just moistened. Do not overbeat. Fold in stiff egg whites. Spray 10" tube pan with Pam and dust with flour. Add batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes until golden and tests done with toothpick. Cool in pan 10 minutes on rack before loosening sides and turning out.

You can add your favorite flavoring touches like lemon or orange rind, coconut or almond extract, etc. but this is the basic "butter" recipe.

(If you are in a hurry, you can increase the flour to 3 cups & the eggs to 1 cup, and not bother cooking down the pears; but the end result is a bit coarser though still very nice.)

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