Pear Coffee Cake Belle-Helene

• 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2-1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Magic Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 4 oz. Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate, melted
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup milk
• 4 small ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and cut in half Safeway 1 lb For $1.88 thru 02/09
• 1/3 cup pecan halves

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.
2. Add flour and sugar; beat on low speed until crumbly.
3. Remove 1/3 cup of the butter mixture; set aside.
4. Add baking powder, baking soda, chocolate, egg and milk to remaining butter mixture in bowl.
5. Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
6. Spread one-third of the batter into greased 9-inch springform pan.
7. Place pear halves, cut sides down, in a circular pattern over batter.
8. Drop spoonfuls of remaining batter over pears; spread to evenly cover pears.
9. Sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture and pecans.
10. Bake 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
11. Cool.

butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, chocolate, egg, milk, bartlett, pecan halves

Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/pear-coffee-cake-belle-helene-83964.aspx (may not work)