Pear Almond Streusel Cake Recipes

PEAR ALMOND STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large bowl, mix butter and sugar until well mixed.
• Add vanilla and eggs, mix well.
• In separate bowl,mix together dry cake ingredients and add to egg mixture. Mix until smooth.
• Pour cake batter into greased and floured 10" tart or springform pan.
• Layer pear slices, cut side down, pressing slightly, onto cake batter.
• In medium bowl, mix all topping ingredients together until crumbly. Sprinkle over pears and batter.
• Bake at 375°F for 35 to 50 minutes or until center of cake bounces back when lightly touched.
• Cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan.

ALMOND AND PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a small tart pan or a 9-inch cake pan.
• Mix pear slices and amaretto liqueur together in a bowl.
• Process almonds and 2 tablespoons sugar together in a food processor until the mixture is a fine almond meal.
• Beat 1/4 cup sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. Mix almond meal mixture, flour, and salt into creamed butter mixture to make a smooth batter.
• Drain pears, reserving the amaretto liqueur. Stir drained liqueur into batter just until incorporated.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan, smoothing batter if uneven. Arrange pear slices in a decorative pattern atop batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake is starting to pull away from the edges, about 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for at least 15 minutes before serving.