Chocolate and pears go so well together, the dark chocolate and sweet moist pears make a lovely combination. I have already posted a pear and chocolate loaf , ideal with afternoon tea, this is more of a dessert which is perfect served with a scoop of ice-cream.
At this time of the year you can use fresh pears, making sure they are nice and ripe. You can always use a tin of pears too though!
Ingredients :
- 200 g dark chocolat (70%)
- 150 g butter
- 120 g sugar
- 3 eggs
- 130 g self-raising flour
- 4 pears
Method :
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C
- Melt the butter and chocolat together in a bain-marie (put ingredients in bowl and place bowl in saucepan of water over a low heat)
- Mix in the sugar
- Separate the eggs into whites and yolks and add the yolks to the mixture
- Fold in the flour
- Beat the egg whites (with a pinch of salt) until stiff and gently fold them into the rest of the ingredients
- Peel and core pears and slice in half
- Grease and flour tin, place the pear halves on the bottom and cover with chocolate cake mixture
- Bake in oven at 180°C for 40 minutes
- Remove from tin immediately and place on rack to cool
Chocolate Pear Cake