Caramel Pear Breakfast Cake

I make a lot of recipes- you all know that.  Some….okay, most of them are not so healthy.  But I have been trying to change that in an effort to make the things we love to eat a little better for us.  So when I was asked by Mom Central to check out Smart Balance & their new packaging I was thrilled.  We often purchase Smart Balance & love all the different varieties.  We use it as a spread mostly but never really used it for cooking & baking.  But like I said- I have been wanting to start changing our favorite recipes to make them healthier, so this was the perfect opportunity to push me to do that sooner rather than later.

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The samples arrived just in time for me to make the kids’ breakfast.  As you know I am going on 6 months of homemade breakfasts for the kids.  So the day the Smart Balance arrived I was getting ready to make them some breakfast cake with the abundance of pears we picked up in our co-op basket.   So I decided to jump right in & swap the butter for Smart Balance.   I’m finding that it’s not just great for the morning toast & oatmeal, but it’s great in this recipe & all the others we have made since it arrived.

I’m really loving the new square tub too.  Smart Balance redesigned their round packaging to a square tub to save space in refrigerators & in the store.  The 15 oz quantity is the same as before- but the new tub is eco-friendly.  It reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 18% – that equals 6,487 newly planted trees each year.  Very cool!!  For more info on Smart Balances eco-friendly, space saving package redesign- check out their website.

I really do like the square tub- it’s amazing how just changing the shape can save me so much room in my fridge.

 

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Caramel Pear Breakfast Cake

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Ingredients

  

Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup Smart Balance
• 1-1/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3 pears- peeled & diced

Streusel

• 3 tbsp Smart Balance
• 1/4 c all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar

Topping & Drizzle

• 1/2 cup Caramel/Dulce de Leche
• 1 pear peeled & sliced lengthwise

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray & set aside.
• Combine all cake ingredients (except diced pears) in mixer bowl & beat until smooth batter forms.
• Fold in diced pears.
• Spread into prepared pan.
• Take 1/4 cup of caramel & drop dollops on top of batter. Take a stick or knife & drag though to swirl. Reserve remaining 1/4 cup caramel for serving.
• Add sliced pears to top- laying out across - not overlapping.
• In separate small bowl combine streusel ingredients & mix with fork. This will be more of a creamy paste like consistency - not crumbly.
• Drop in small spoonfuls on top of batter. Do not mix in.
• Bake 45-50 minutes - until toothpick test is clean.
• Cool in pan 45-60 minutes.
• Drizzle remaining caramel over top when serving.

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