Walnut-Pear Sour Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. broken walnuts
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. butter
1/3 c. flour
2 medium pears, peeled and diced (2 c.)
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 3/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 (8 oz.) carton sour cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease 9-inch spring-form pan. Combine 1 cup nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
For topping, cut 1/4 cup butter and 1/3 cup flour for coarse crumbs.
Stir in 1/4 cup of nut mixture.
Set both mixtures aside.
Toss pears with lemon juice and set aside.
Mix the flour, baking powder, soda and salt; set aside.
In large bowl beat the 1/2 cup butter, sugar and vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to batter.
Beat on low speed after each addition.
Spread 2/3 mixture in prepared pan.
Sprinkle with nut mix and layer pears on top.
Spread with rest of batter and sprinkle topping.
Bake 10 minutes and sprinkle with 1/2 cup more walnuts.
Bake 50 minutes more.