Top with streusel before baking ... to customize the sweetness and experiment with flavors. A coffee cake with rosemary and pear jam will be a unique offering for your coffee break.

but we love Justin Chapple's simple pear version. The cake itself is a traditional, moist sour cream coffee cake, but it gets topped with sliced pears and a crunchy streusel made with pecans and ...

Repeat the process with pear slices. Brush with butter, and sprinkle with remaining brown sugar. Remove streusel block from freezer. Using the coarsest side of a box grater, grate the streusel to ...