Pecan Pear Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Recipe by Canadian Living

Happy father's day dad! We had this delicious coffee cake with our father's day meal. It is so moist! I think it was the sour cream. Any time I see a recipe that calls for sour cream, I have to make it, because it always turns out perfectly moist. This is most certainly the best coffee cake recipe I've found. 

What you'll need

1 cup Pecans, chopped

1/3 cup Brown sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 cup Butter, cold

1/3 cup Flour

2 Pears, peeled, cored and sliced (about 2 cups)

2 tsp Lemon juice

1 3/4 cup Flour

3/4 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1/4 tsp Salt

1/2 cup Butter, softened

1 cup Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup Sour cream

How to

1.  Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch spring-form pan.

2.  In medium bowl, combine first 3 ingredients.

3.  Topping: In a medium bowl, cut the 1/4 cup butter into the 1/3 cup flour to make coarse crumbs. Stir in 3/4 cup of the nut mixture. Set aside.

4.  In a medium bowl, toss pears with lemon juice; set aside.

5.  In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.

6.  With an electric mixer, beat softened butter. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to butter mixture. Beat on low speed after each addition until well combined.

7.  Spread 2/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with remainder of prepared nut mixture. Layer pears on top. Gently spread remaining batter over pears. Sprinkle with reserved topping.

8.  Bake for 55-65 minutes, until a clean fork pierced in centre comes out clean. Cool for 1 hour.