Walnut Pear Coffee Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the cream cheese, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For the topping, combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over coffee cake. , Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
• Toss pears in cinnamon; set aside Mix all crumb mixture ingredients together; set aside.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer.
• Add sugar and vanilla extract; add eggs one at a time.
• Add yogure and flour mixture alternately.
• Spread 2/3 in the bottom of a lightly greased 9" springform pan.
• Sprinkle half the crumb mixture over the batter.
• Layer pears over the topping.
• Gently spread the rest of the batter over the pears and top with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake at 350F for 55-60 minutes or until cake test done.
• Whisk together confectioners sugar, yogurt and cinnamon.
• Cool cake slightly if serving warm, or cool completely before drizzling with cinnamon glaze.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix walnuts, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon., Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add egg yolks. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition., With clean beaters, beat egg whites on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter., Pour half of the batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with walnut mixture. Pour in remaining batter. Bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F.
• Grease a 9" spring form pan or a 9x9x2 inch baking pan; set aside.
• In a small bowl combine walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
• For the topping: In another small bowl, cut the 1/4 cup butter into 1/3 cup flour until crumbly. Stir in 1/4 cup of the nut mixture.
• Toss the pear slices with the lemon juice and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine 1 3/4 cups flour, the baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl beat the 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Beat in the granulated sugar and vanilla.
• Add one egg at a time beating after each addition. Alternately add the flour mixture with the sour cream to egg mixture.
• Beat on low speed after each addition until combined.
• Spread two thirds of the batter in the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the reserved nut mixture. Layer the pear slices on top. Gently spread remaining batter over pears.
• Sprinkle with reserved topping.
• Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center clean.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. If using remove the sides from your spring form pan and cool for an additional 30 minutes.
• Bon Appetit!

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch cake pans, and line base of each with parchment paper. In food processor, combine 1/2 cup walnut pieces and sugar. Process to a fine powder. Add butter, flour, baking powder, salt and eggs. Process to a smooth batter.
• Add 2 tablespoons milk to coffee mixture and pour this down feed tube with motor running. Mixture should be just soft enough to drop from a spoon; if not, add more milk. Divide cake batter between two pans. Bake until risen and springy to touch, about 25 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and place on rack. Remove parchment paper. Cool completely. You may want to level them if they domed in the oven.
• For frosting: Place confectioners' sugar and salt in food processor and pulse until lump-free. Add butter and process until smooth. Add coffee mixture down feed tube and pulse until well blended.
• Place one cake upside down on a plate or cake stand. Spread with about half the frosting. Place second cake right side up on frosting, and cover top and sides in a swirly pattern. Place a walnut half in center of cake, and gently press remaining halves into top of cake, around the edge.