Categories: Cakes 
      Yield: 8 servings 
  
    1/4 c  Butter                            1/2 ts Baking soda 
    1/2 c  Sugar                             1/4 ts Salt 
      1    Egg                               1/2 c  Sour cream 
      1 c  Flour                           1 1/2 c  Pears, peeled, cored, diced 
    1/2 ts Baking powder                       1 ts Vanilla 
 
--------------------------------NUT TOPPING-------------------------------- 
    1/2 c  Brown sugar                         2 tb Soft butter 
    3/4 ts Cinnamon                          1/2 c  Walnuts, chopped 
  
  1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla; then 
  egg. Beat until smooth. 
   
  2. Mix flour, powder soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with 
  sour cream. Mix just to blend after each addition. Fold in pears. Spread in 
  an 8" greased square pan. 
   
  3. Mix brown sugar, cinnamon and the soft butter until well combined. Stir 
  in the chopped walnuts. Sprinkle the nut topping evenly over the cake. 
   
  4. Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until top is well-browned and a pick 
  comes out clean. Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature. 
   
  Source: Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY Typed for you by: 
  Linda Field, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown NY 1993 315-786-1120