Pear Cake with Pine Nuts

Really nice everyday cake, or on cake for breakfast days.

Servings: 6-8

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour

• ¾ cup sugar

• ⅛ teaspoon salt

• ¼ cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces

• 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• ⅓ cup sour cream (*)

• ¼ cup milk (*)

• 1 teaspoon lemon zest

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• ½ teaspoon baking powder

• ¼ teaspoon baking soda

• 1 egg

• Cooking spray

• 2 cups thinly sliced, peeled pear

Chef’s Notes:

(*) This is a cooking light recipe, and calls for non-fat sour cream and low-fat milk. I usually use low-fat sour cream and low-fat milk. It works great either way. Or you could go for it.

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Spray 9" round cake pan with cooking spray.

3. Put flour, sugar and salt in bowl of food processor. Pulse a few times to combine.

4. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal.

5. Remove ⅓ cup of flour mixture and place in small bowl. Add pine nuts and cinnamon and set aside.

6. Put remaining flour mixture, sour cream, and next six ingredients (sour cream through egg) in bowl of mixer and mix until well blended. Pour into prepared cake pan.

7. Arrange pear slices evenly over batter. Sprinkle evenly with pine nut mixture. Bake for 45 minutes or until wooden pick come out clean.