Coffee Cakes from New York Cult Recipes by Marc Grossman

Ingredients

• 300 g (10½ oz/2 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 350 g (12 oz) raw (demerara) sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 220 g (7¾ oz) unsalted butter, softened
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 115 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
• 220 g (7¾ oz) pear, seeded and thinly sliced
• 2 pinches salt
• 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
• 160 ml (5¼ fl oz) buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 310 g (11 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 200 g (7 oz) caster (superfine) sugar