Categories: Breakfast, Coffee Cake, Pears

Ingredients

• 1 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 medium ripe pear, peeled,cored &,sliced
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Crumb mixture:
• 1 cup broken walnuts
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• Cinnamon glaze:
• 2 tablespoons vanilla yogurt
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together; set aside.

2. Toss pears in cinnamon; set aside Mix all crumb mixture ingredients together; set aside.

3. Beat butter with an electric mixer.

4. Add sugar and vanilla extract; add eggs one at a time.

5. Add yogure and flour mixture alternately.

6. Spread 2/3 in the bottom of a lightly greased 9" springform pan.

7. Sprinkle half the crumb mixture over the batter.

8. Layer pears over the topping.

9. Gently spread the rest of the batter over the pears and top with remaining crumb mixture.

10. 10 Bake at 350F for 55-60 minutes or until cake test done.

11. 11 Whisk together confectioners sugar, yogurt and cinnamon.

12. 12 Cool cake slightly if serving warm, or cool completely before drizzling with cinnamon glaze.

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