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Pear Coffee Cake with Streusel

Butter Nut Pear Crumble Cake

Best ever pear crumble cake, covered in a tasty buttery streusel. 

Ingredients

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  • 2 pears, any kind, cored and sliced
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 ¾ cups packed light brown sugar, divided
  • 1 cup self-rising flour, divided
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped hazelnuts
  • 12 TBSP butter, at room temperature (1.5 sticks)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  • 1 scant teaspoon almond extract 

Instructions

  1. PREHEAT your oven to 350°F. Spray a 10-inch cast iron skillet, spring form pan, baking dish, or 9-inch square or round cake pan with a non-stick cooking spray. Put the sliced pears in a bowl and toss with lemon juice. 
  2. COMBINE 1 cup of the brown sugar, ¼ cup of the self-rising flour, the cinnamon, nuts, and 4 TBSP of the butter in a medium bowl and, using your fingers or a fork, mix together until everything is well-combined and crumbly like wet, coarse sand. 
  3. COMBINE the remaining ¾ cup brown sugar and the remaining stick of butter in a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of your stand mixer. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy; about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs just until blended. Beat in the buttermilk and almond extract. Add the remaining ¾ cup flour. Beat at low speed until blended. 
  4. SPREAD the batter in the prepared skillet. Top with sliced pears followed by the crumb mixture.
  5. BAKE 45 to 50 minutes or just until the cake begins to pull away from the sides of pan (cakes made in 9-inch pans will be thicker, and may take a little longer). Cool in the pan almost completely before removing or slicing. 

Keywords: Pear Coffee Cake

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