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Pear Coffee Cake

  • Author: Polish Housewife
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 35 mins
  • Total Time: 50 mins
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Description

A moist pear cake with streusel topping


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried ginger
  • 1 large beaten egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
  • 2 ripe pears like Bartlett, unpeeled, cored and chopped
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut up
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400
  2. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment
  3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ginger
  4. In another bowl, combine egg, milk and melted butter
  5. Pour into dry ingredients, add the pears and mix well, the batter will be very thick
  6. Spread batter into prepared pan.
  7. To make the topping, mix the sugars, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, flour, and oats, cut in the cold butter with your fingers until crumbs form. Sprinkle over batter
  8. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until golden and dry on top
  9. Cool in pan before slicing

Notes

Variation: add diced almond paste or marzipan
You can substitute a 1 inch cube of fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated for the dried
Serve with ajerkoniak