Quick-and-Easy Pear Coffeecake

By Lv2Cook

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/4 cups diced pear
• 1/4 cup dried currants
• Cooking spray

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350º.

Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl; beat at low speed of a mixer until well-blended. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through cloves); stir well. Gradually add flour mixture to brown sugar mixture; beat just until blended. Stir in pear and currants.

Pour batter into a 9-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350º for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack.