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Pear Coffee Cake Belle-Helene
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| Servings: 10 |
Ingredients:  3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 2-1/2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 4 ounces 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 |
| Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF (180 C). 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. 2. 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. 3. Bake 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool. Makes 10 servings. Great Substitute Substitute 2 cans (14 fl oz/398 mL each) pear halves in light syrup, well drained, for the fresh pears. Healthy Living This is an indulgence food for special occasions. To reduce the fat in this recipe, substitute margarine for butter, or reduce serving sizes. Nutritional Information Serving Size = 1/10th recipe Calories 435 Total fat 24.3 g Saturated fat 13 g Cholesterol 64 mg Sodium 233 mg Carbohydrate 52.9 g Dietary fibre 3.7 g Protein 6.4 g Calcium 6 %RDI Iron 18 %RDI |
| Source: Kraft Foods Canada |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
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Reviewer: Elijah Waid
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I finally got around to making this cake, and it turned out great. The only thing is that with the recipe it is not in the least bit sweet. In fact, it borders on being called bitter. I suggest that if you plan to make this, use semi-sweet chocolate and at least another half cup of sugar, if not another whole cup. Aside from that, it's delicious.
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I finally got around to making this cake, and it turned out great. The only thing is that with the recipe it is not in the least bit sweet. In fact, it borders on being called bitter. I suggest that if you plan to make this, use semi-sweet chocolate and at least another half cup of sugar, if not another whole cup. Aside from that, it's delicious.
Reviewer: Julia
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I took the first reviewer's advice and used semi-sweet chocolate instead of unsweetened (I didn't change the amount of sugar, though). I also used canned pears in syrup, which may have added extra sweetness to the cake. My pecans burned, though. As a result, I took my cake out of the oven a bit too soon so my pecans would stop burning, and the center was underdone. Next time, I will sprinkle the pecans on before the crumb topping and push them down into the batter a bit.
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I took the first reviewer's advice and used semi-sweet chocolate instead of unsweetened (I didn't change the amount of sugar, though). I also used canned pears in syrup, which may have added extra sweetness to the cake. My pecans burned, though. As a result, I took my cake out of the oven a bit too soon so my pecans would stop burning, and the center was underdone. Next time, I will sprinkle the pecans on before the crumb topping and push them down into the batter a bit.