Pear-Walnut Cake with Honey-Orange Syrup

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped peeled pear (about 3)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (about 13 1/2 ounces)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon aniseed, crushed
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• Syrup:
• Cake:
• + 12 more ingredients
• • Cooking spray
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
  • ½ cup fresh orange juice
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts, toasted
  • 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • ¹/₃ cup honey

Preheat oven to 375°. To prepare cake, coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 2 tablespoons flour. Set aside. Place sugar and eggs in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until thick and pale (about 3 minutes). Lightly spoon 3 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level wi...

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