AMIEs CHOCOLATE and PEAR CAKE

Armilie
Armilie @Armilie1962
Perugia, Italy

I make this cake in a loaf tin, as it used to be made for our "merenda" afternoon tea. If you want to serve it as a dessert, I suggest making it in a 15cm round tin and serve it with either whipping or pouring cream, whatever you prefer.

AMIEs CHOCOLATE and PEAR CAKE

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Armilie
Armilie @Armilie1962
Perugia, Italy

I make this cake in a loaf tin, as it used to be made for our "merenda" afternoon tea. If you want to serve it as a dessert, I suggest making it in a 15cm round tin and serve it with either whipping or pouring cream, whatever you prefer.
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Ingredients

1 hour
6 servings
  1. 250 gramsfirm ripe pears, peeled and cut into 1cm pieces
  2. 75 gramsbitter chocolate, 70% cocoa solids broken into small pieces
  3. 3egg yolks, at room temperature, separated
  4. 2egg whites, at room temperature, separated
  5. 100 gramsicing sugar, sifted
  6. 75 gramsunsalted butter, at room temperature
  7. 120 gramsplain flour or Italian 00 flour
  8. 2 pinchground cinnamon
  9. 1 pinchof salt
  10. 1unsalted butter and dried breadcrumbs for the tin
  11. 1icing sugar, to decorate

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt it in microwave. Remove from the microwave. Set aside keeping it in a warm place.

  2. 2

    Heat the oven to 180°C.

  3. 3

    Beat the butter until really soft, add the icing sugar while beating constantly until light and pale yellow.

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  4. 4

    Add the 3 egg yolks, cinnamon, salt and melted chocolate. Mix until well blended.

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  5. 5

    Whisk the 2 egg whites until stiff. Fold into the mixture by spoons, alternating with spoonfuls of flour. Fold lightly.

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  6. 6

    Mix lightly the pear pieces into the mixture.

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  7. 7

    Butter a 23cm loaf tin, sprinkle the dried breadcrumbs. Shake the tin upside down so the crumbs cover all the buttered surface. Throw away the excess the crumbs.

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  8. 8

    Pour in the cake mixture into the tin. Bake for about 50 minutes until the cake is done. It must be quite springy to touch and it must shrunk from the sides of the tin.

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  9. 9

    Remove from the oven, loosen the cake from the tin, put into a wire rack and leave the cake to cool. Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar before serving.

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  10. 10

    Serve, share and enjoy. Perfect for our afternoon tea.

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