Pear and Walnut Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• •¾ teaspoon baking powder
• •½ teaspoon baking soda
• •1 cup brown sugar
• •⅝ cup butter
• •2 large eggs
• •1⅞ cups flour
• •½ teaspoon ground allspice
• •¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
• •½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• •½ teaspoon ground ginger
• •½ juice of lemon
• •½ teaspoon kosher salt
• •lemon zest
• •3 pears
• •1 cup cream
• •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• •1 cup walnuts
• •2 tablespoons wheat germ

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Start topping by putting brown sugar, spices, flour, wheat germ, nuts and butter in a food processor. Blend down until crumbly. Cover and place in fridge to keep cold.
2. 2Grease a 10 springform pan with butter, then lightly dust with flour and tap out the excess. Set aside. Toss pears with lemon juice and set aside.
3. 3With an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and lemon zest for cake batter until fluffy, approximately 3-5 minutes.
4. 4Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Starting with sour cream, alternately add to cake batter along with dry ingredients until just combined.
5. 5Pour cake batter into the prepared pan. Top pears and sprinkle crumble topping over the fruit.
6. 6Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 40-50 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
7. 7Remove from oven and cool in pan for at least 20-25 minutes before serving.