Pear Coffee Cake Belle-Helene

Pear Coffee Cake Belle-Helene
Combine chocolate and pears in this amazing and easy-to-make chocolate cake

What You Need:
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
1/3 cup pecan halves

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