Pear Walnut Coffee Cake
By: Andie Mitchell
Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 2:10pm

Ingredients




1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 cup Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Sour cream
1 1/2 cups Pears, peeled, cored, diced
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup Brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 tablespoons Soft butter
1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped

Preparation

1 Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla; then egg. Beat until smooth. 2 Mix flour, powder soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream. Mix just to blend after each addition. 3 Fold in pears. Spread in an 8" greased square pan. 4 Mix brown sugar, cinnamon and the soft butter until well combined. 5 Stir in the chopped walnuts. Sprinkle the nut topping evenly over the cake. 6 Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until top is well-browned and a pick comes out clean. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.