Amaretto-pear Streusel Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons oats
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (about 9 ounces)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 1/4 cup amaretto (almond-flavored liqueur)
• 1 1/2 cups peeled bosc pears, cored and finely chopped (about 2)
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 tooping: combine brown sugar, oats, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 tablespoon butter, and cinnamon in a small bowl. stir in almonds; set aside.
• 3 cake: combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 place granulated sugar and 1/3 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed for 5 minutes or until well blended.
• 5 reduce mixer speed to medium; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 7 stir in amaretto and pear.
• 8 spoon batter into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
• 9 bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. cool in pan on a wire rack.