Easy And Fabulous Coffee Cake

• 2 large pears, ripe but still firm
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole milk (buttermilk woul also be good)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 cup packed brown sugar (the kind of medium dark variety)
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and allowed to cool
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans

1. Preheat your oven to 350F. Peel, core, and slice the pears into thin slices.
2. Combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix the milk, egg, and oil right in and stir just until the ingredients are all combined.
3. Spread the batter into a greased 9X13 in. baking pan, then lay the pear slices in rows on top of the batter.
4. In a small bowl mix together the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and cardamom. Sprinkle this all over the top of the cake. Then sprinkle with the chopped nuts. Pop into the oven and bake for 45 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Serve warm, or allow to cool completely before serving.

still, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, egg, canola oil, brown sugar, unsalted butter, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, pecans

Taken from food52.com/recipes/7912-easy-and-fabulous-coffee-cake (may not work)