Pear Ginger Coffee Cake
From mbeards2 15 years ago
- 35 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Pears help make the cake moist as they bake. This cake is especially good when it is still a little warm from the oven.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup shortening shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. salt shopping list
- 1 1/2 Cups brown sugar, packed shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 tsp. baking soda shopping list
- 1 Cup buttermilk shopping list
- 2 Cups flour, sifted shopping list
- 1 1/2 Cups pears, peeled and diced into 1/4-1/2 inch cubes shopping list
- Topping: shopping list
- 1/4 Cup cinnamon sugar shopping list
- 2 TB. crystallized ginger, finely chopped shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9x13 glass pan and set aside.
- Stir the baking soda into the buttermilk and set aside.
- Cream the shortening, salt, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and VANILLA; mix well.
- Alternately add the buttermilk mixture and flour to the mixing bowl, beating well after each addition.
- Fold in the pears and pour into the greased pan. Mix together the CINNAMON SUGAR and chopped CRYSTALLIZED GINGER. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the cake.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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There's nothing quite like the combination of pears and ginger for me, beard! This topping is to die for as far as I'm concerned. My thanks and my 5.
Lorraine
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I love pear and ginger combo! This cake sounds wonderful, thanks for sharing!
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