Pear and Blueberry Cake

Delicious! Moist and flavorful! Used fresh NW pears and blueberries. I did leave some pear chunks bigger and shredded a pear that was still a bit green. Shredded disappeared but added to the cakes flavor.

It's a wonderful cake. Light and moist. Not super easy to make but not ridiculously complex either. It needed a little more time in the oven. The topping is easy to make and not heavy like frosting. I've made it twice, successfully.

Pears have a very delicate flavor and slightly grainy texture that identifies the cooked pieces of fruit in this cake as pears. I loved them together with the pieces of almonds. I increased the blueberries to 1 cup of frozen and liked them in the cake more for color, contrast and health benefits. I did NOT add the cinnamon sugar topping and am glad I didn’t. I was quite sweet enough without it for me. I prefer a mildly sweet coffee cake. Ate with a dollop of real whipped cream but then liked it better alone. My hubby who doesn’t eat fruit liked it and said it made him feel like he was eating healthy lol! Will probably be a regular at our house. Will try using white whole wheat flour next time. ---> After making it a 2nd time: Either ripe or unripe pears are fine - however if pears ripe and sweet then reduce sugar! Cake was a bit too sweet the second time, maybe because of ripe sweet pears. Tart blueberries make a nice contrast to sweet pears and sugar in cake. Test cake for done-ness at the very center. Mine was a little raw in the center and had to go back for 15 more min. White whole wheat flour works just as well as white. I used 3 pears and 1 cup of blueberries and 1/2 cup of almonds - this is a very moist fruitful cake ;) Almost like eating pie with the crust mixed in.

Pears have a very delicate flavor and slightly grainy texture that identifies the cooked pieces of fruit in this cake as pears. I loved them together with the pieces of almonds. I increased the blueberries to 1 cup of frozen and liked them in the cake more for color, contrast and health benefits. I did NOT add the cinnamon sugar topping and am glad I didn’t. I was quite sweet enough without it for me. I prefer a mildly sweet coffee cake. Ate with a dollop of real whipped cream but then liked it better alone. My hubby who doesn’t eat fruit liked it and said it made him feel like he was eating healthy lol! Will probably be a regular at our house. Will try using white whole wheat flour next time. ---> After making it a 2nd time: Either ripe or unripe pears are fine - however if pears ripe and sweet then reduce sugar! Cake was a bit too sweet the second time, maybe because of ripe sweet pears. Tart blueberries make a nice contrast to sweet pears and sugar in cake. Test cake for done-ness at the very center. Mine was a little raw in the center and had to go back for 15 more min. White whole wheat flour works just as well as white. I used 3 pears and 1 cup of blueberries and 1/2 cup of almonds - this is a very moist fruitful cake ;) Almost like eating pie with the crust mixed in.

I liked the flavors of the cake and thought it was a perfect coffee cake for breakfast. I did think my cake had way too many pears resulting in too much moisture which resulted in the cake portion having a gummy texture. I wish the recipe listed how many cups of pears to use instead of stating 3 pears because my pears must have been larger than the recipe submitter.