Apple Pear And Cranberry Coffee Cake Recipes

APPLE PEAR COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in apples and pear. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over batter. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

APPLE PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. Combine dry ingredients; stir into the fruit mixture. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Beat in the milk and vanilla; frost cake. Store in the refrigerator.

APPLE-CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg and vanilla; mix well.
• Combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Gradually add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in apples and dried cranberries.
• Add nuts is desired.
• Transfer to lightly greased 8-in.
• baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar when cool if desired.

APPLE-PEAR COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Fold in apple and pear. Stir in vanilla.
• Spread the batter in a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
• Combine 1 cup brown sugar, pecans, 2 tbsp butter, and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over the batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

APPLE, PEAR, AND CRANBERRY COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the topping:
• Combine all streusel ingredients in a bowl and mix until the butter is incorporated. Do not overmix-you want a crumbly texture. Set aside.
• Assemble the cake:
• Grease an 8- inch round spring-form pan with butter. Set aside.
• Toss the apples, pear, brown sugar, and zest together in a small bowl and set aside.
• Dust the surface of the refrigerated dough with flour and cut off a 1-pound (grapefruit-size) piece. Divide the dough in two equal pieces, dust with more flour and quickly shape them into rough balls.
• Press the first piece of dough into the spring-form pan.
• Top with half of the apple and pear mixture, then sprinkle half of the streusel topping over it. Repeat with the next layer of dough, apple and pear mixture, and streusel.
• Allow the cake to rest for 60 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Bake the cake in the middle of the oven for 55 minutes.
• Allow to sit for about 15 minutes, then remove it from the spring-form pan.
• Allow to cool before serving.