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Pear Coffee Cake Belle-Helene

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prep time

20 min

total time

1 hr 30 min

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recipe by: kraft

What You Need

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

2-1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. Magic Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

4 squares Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate, melted

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 cup milk

4 small ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and cut in half

1/3 cup pecan halves

Make It

PREHEAT oven to 350ºF. Beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add flour and sugar; beat on low speed until crumbly. Remove 1/3 cup of the butter mixture; set aside. Add baking powder, baking soda, chocolate, egg and milk to remaining butter mixture in bowl. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.

SPREAD one-third of the batter into greased 9-inch springform pan. Place pear halves, cut sides down, in a circular pattern over batter. Drop spoonfuls of remaining batter over pears; spread to evenly cover pears. Sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture and pecans.

BAKE 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool.