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Streusel Spice Pear Cake

Streusel Spice Pear Cake – a delicious weekend brunch pear and spice coffee cake with a crunchy streusel topping that’s also delicious made with apples if no pears are available.

Streusel Spice Pear Cake

Streusel Spice Pear Cake

 
Originally posted January 2010. Updated August 2024. 
 
2024 update: This recipe has proven to be a family favourite over the many years since it was originally posted. We love coffee cakes, especially with fruit and streusel toppings. If you’ve got pears on hand, this is certainly one to try.
 
Read on for the original post plus even more baking and brunch recipe suggestions below!

Original post:

Freshly picked green Bartlett pears on display at the farmer's market

We like Bartlett pears for this recipe but use your own favourite if you prefer.

I found three big juicy pears on the kitchen counter this morning that had begun to get over-ripe. due They had survived a very busy week at our house; basically because nobody was home to eat them.
 
Not being one to waste such beautiful fruit, I decided to try and whip together a coffee cake for brunch to put them to good use. I used my basic muffin recipe as the base for the cake recipe and added a simple streusel topping that gets added half way through the baking time. It turned out fantastic; definitely one I’ll be making again!
 
If you like the sound of this recipe, check out this Pear Almond Cake with Creme Anglaise:
 
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Pear Almond Cake

 

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Streusel Spice Pear Cake
Yield: 12 servings

Streusel Spice Pear Cake

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Streusel Spice Pear Cake - a delicious weekend brunch cake that's also delicious made with apples if no pears are available.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp allspice
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
  • 3 large pears peeled cored and diced to about ¾ inch chunks

For the Streusel Topping:

  • 4 tbsp flour
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ¼ tsp allspice

Instructions

  1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, ground cloves and nutmeg and set aside:

  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment in place, whisk together the eggs sugar and vanilla extract on high speed until foamy and slightly stiffened.

  3. Mix together the melted butter and vegetable oil in a measuring cup with a spout.

  4. Slowly add the oil and butter mixture to the egg mixture in a slow stream as the mixer continues to whisk

  5. Mix together the whipping cream, milk and vinegar

  6. Add slowly to the mixing bowl continuing to mix but at a reduced speed.

  7. Fold in the dry ingredients by hand with a rubber spatula being careful not to over mix. Don't worry about lumps in the batter, they are fine. When the dry ingredients are almost incorporated, gently fold in the chopped pears.

  8. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 or 10 inch springform pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes before carefully adding the streusel topping without removing it from the oven, then bake for an additional 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool for about 15 minutes in the pan before serving.

    For the streusel topping:

    1. Rub all of the ingredients together using your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 378Total Fat 15gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 8gCholesterol 58mgSodium 190mgCarbohydrates 57gFiber 3gSugar 31gProtein 5g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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Nick

Sunday 9th of December 2018

Just made this and love it! The pear went to the bottom of the cake... if I coated the pear with flour would it help? Another amazing recipe! Thank you!

Maria

Friday 8th of January 2016

Hello, I love all your recipes BUT afraid to try any as I have a fan force oven , it goes up to 230 which I believe is to hot and I do not now how to covert the temperature for your recipes . I live in Australia. Can you help ? , kind regards Maria

Barry C. Parsons

Friday 8th of January 2016

A quick Google search is all it takes to convert Fahrenheit temperatures to Celsius. 350 F = 176 C

Tina

Sunday 24th of January 2010

Hi, I didn't know how to contact you so I left a comment here. I like to invite you to http://www.tasteandshare.com, a food & wine social network, where you can share photos, videos and a link to your own blog.

Barry C. Parsons

Saturday 23rd of January 2010

Grazie mille! È delizioso!

Barry

Federica

Saturday 23rd of January 2010

meraviglia!!!! deve essere buonissima!

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