EASY

PEAR  CAKE RECIPE

A stunning Pear Cake topped with a cream cheese layer, pretty sliced fresh pears, and a cinnamon streusel crumble. A perfect fall baking recipe, this pear coffee cake is guaranteed to please.

 INGREDIENTS

STREUSEL: – ¼ cup all purpose flour – 2 tablespoons granulated sugar – 2 tablespoons light brown sugar – ¼ teaspoons cinnamon – 3 tablespoons butter chilled – ¼ walnuts chopped CINNAMON SUGAR: – 2 tablespoons granulated sugar – 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 INGREDIENTS

PEAR LAYER: – 3 ripe pears – should be ripe but firm not mushy (½ of one pear will be used for dicing, the remaining halves will be placed on top of coffee cake) CAKE LAYER: – 1 cup all purpose flour – 2 teaspoons cinnamon – ½ teaspoons baking powder – ¼ teaspoons salt – ¼ cup butter room temperature – ⅓ cup sugar – 1 large egg room temperature – ¼ cup sour cream – 2 teaspoons vanilla extract – ⅓ cup peeled and diced pear

 INGREDIENTS

CREAM CHEESE LAYER: – 8 oz package cream cheese room temperature – ¼ cup sugar – 1 egg room temperature – 1 tablespoon all purpose flour – 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Make the streusel and cinnamon sugar toppings. 

Peel, halve, core, de-stem and slice the pears for the top of the cake, taking care to hold the pear’s natural shape.

Dice a pear half for the cake batter. Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.

Preheat the oven to 350°. Prepare the cake batter and spread into the pan.

Make the cream cheese filling and pour over the cake batter in the pan. Arrange the sliced pears on top.

Sprinkle with streusel, in between the pears. Sprinkle the cake with cinnamon sugar and bake!

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