Pear Pecan Coffee Cake
9
Points®
Total time: 1 hr • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 45 min • Serves: 10 • Difficulty: Easy
Want a showy breakfast cake that's the perfect centrepiece for a brunch menu? This Pear Pecan Coffee Cake is it.
Ingredients
Light butter
2 tbsp(s)
Sugar
½ cup(s)
All-purpose flour
1 cup(s)
Cake flour
1 cup(s)
Baking powder
4 tsp(s)
Table salt
½ tsp(s)
Liquid egg substitute
¼ cup(s)
1% low-fat buttermilk
1 cup(s)
Pear
1 medium, ripe, cored and thinly sliced
Chopped pecans (unsalted, raw or dry roasted, no sugar added)
2 tbsp(s)
Sugar
3 tbsp(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
2
Cream together butter and sugar; set aside.
3
Sift together flour, cake flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
4
Beat together egg substitute and buttermilk.
5
Stir flour mixture into butter in three parts, alternating with buttermilk mixture.
6
Spoon batter into pan and smooth top. Arrange pear slices over top. Sprinkle with pecans and 3 tablespoons sugar.
7
Bake until firm and golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove sides, cut into 10 wedges and serve.
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