Oatmeal, pear and raspberry cake

I love this cake/loaf.  Not only is it packed with oats it has also fresh pears and rapberries.  The batter in itself is so good that it is so hard to stay way from eating it raw.  One thing is certain you will not allow anyone to touch that dirty bowl until it is licked by you.  However proper you are in not licking your cooking utensils you will let it all go and will dig those fingers into the smallest batter speck you can find.  You can blame it on the oats, brown sugar, vanilla or me if you wish.  This cake is just that awesome.

You will need for the batter: 1/2 cup rolled oats, 3/4 cup unsalted butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1tsp vanilla, 3/4 cup plain flour, pinch of salt, 1tsp baking powder, 2 pears, 1/4 cup raspberries.

For the topping: 2tbs oats, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2tbs plain flour, 2tbs chilled butter.

Preheat oven to 350 deg.  Take 1/2 cup of oats and cover with 1/4 cup of hot water.  Set aside to cool off.  There will be just enough water to soak in the oats.

Cream together butter (1 1/2 sticks), brown and regular sugar.

When the mixture is creaming peel and slice the pears.

add two eggs

1 tsp vanilla and mix well untill all combined.

Swift flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt over the egg mixture

Mix well add the oatmeal and  combine, this is the cake dough.  Please try not to eat it all.  At least try.

Place all the ingredients for the topping in a bowl.  Just in case you forgot they were 2tbs oats, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2tbs plain flour, 2tbs chilled butter.

Rub the butter into the mix with your fingers until clumps form.

Place a 2/3 of the mixture in the pan.  Cover with with pear and raspberries.  You can easily make it with other fruit if these are out of season.

Place the rest of the mixture on top of the cake, crumble the topping on top.  FYI there is not going to be a lot of batter to cover the cake.  Just top in evenly and it will spread and the fruit will dip into the mixture so do not fret.  I will be absolutely delish.

Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown

That is it.  Slice into thick slices and eat.  These pictures were taken right after the cake came out of the oven.  If you let it sit and cool the cake will be more compact and look more like the loafs and Starbucks.  This coffee cake beats any other coffee cake I have ever tasted.  You have to try it.