They had them at Costco and I snapped them right up, they are soo expensive, however, the Costco ones were reasonable for the amount of Pears you got! I had 3 leftover and decided to make a cake with them.
The main recipe for this came from cooks.com, but I changed it up a bit to suite my tastes. It was quite moist and needed no frosting at all!
4 small or 3 large Asian Pears
1 cup chopped Pecans (I used Walnuts)
1 tsp Vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil (I only used 1/2 a cup)
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp Cinnamon (I used a full teaspoon)
1 tsp ground Ginger (my idea)
fresh cracked ground pepper (just a few turns)
Lemon Zest or Candied Ginger would be fantastic in this as well
Puree 3/4 of your pears and mix with the sugar, let sit for an hour
Chop the remaining pear and set aside
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, butter and flour a tube or Bundt pan
Using a spoon, stir the oil, vanilla and eggs into the pear/sugar mixture
Add remaining dry ingredients and stir till well combined
Pour into your tube pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 until your toothpick comes out clean (it only took my cake 1 hour to bake)