PEAR CRUMB CAKE

PEAR CRUMB CAKE image

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 26

For the pears:
1 tablespoon/14 grams unsalted butter
1 tablespoon/15 milliliters honey
2 small or 1 1/2 large pears, cored and sliced 1/4-inch thick
1 teaspoon/5 milliliters fresh lemon juice
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon grated lemon zest
Pinch of salt
For the crumb topping:
1 ⅓ cups/165 grams all-purpose flour
⅓ cup/65 grams dark brown sugar, lightly packed
⅓ cup/65 grams light brown sugar, lightly packed
1 teaspoon/8 grams ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon/2 grams ground allspice
¼ teaspoon/1 gram fine sea salt
1 stick/113 grams unsalted butter, melted
For the cake:
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon/133 milliliters sour cream
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon/15 milliliters vanilla extract
1 ½ cups/185 grams all-purpose flour
¾ cup/150 grams granulated sugar
¾ teaspoon/3 grams baking soda
¾ teaspoon/2 grams baking powder
½ teaspoon/3 grams fine sea salt
1 stick/113 grams softened unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Steps:

Preparation Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch cake pan; line with parchment paper and butter the paper. In a skillet, melt butter and honey. Add pears, lemons juice, nutmeg, zest and salt and sauté until the pears are just tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Cool. For the topping, whisk together flour, sugars, spices and salt in a bowl. Pour in the melted butter and stir until crumbs form. Whisk together sour cream, eggs and vanilla. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add softened butter and beat for 10 seconds to combine. Beat in egg mixture, continuing to beat until very smooth. Pour batter into pan and top with the pear slices, spreading them out evenly (if there is liquid in the pan with the pears, don't add it). Use your fingers to squeeze together large crumbs from the topping and scatter evenly on top of pears. Bake for 50 to 65 minutes, until the cake is s