Pear cake with chocolate and almonds
40 min
This cake is foolproof and irresistibly tender. Fresh pears, chocolate and ground almonds combine in a cake that is very simple to make.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 100g ground almonds
- 4 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 150g plain yoghurt
- 3 tablespoons crème fraîche
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ripe pears - peeled, cored and chopped
- 130g dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 handful flaked almonds
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Butter a 23cm round cake tin. Whisk together the caster sugar, plain flour and ground almonds; set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, egg yolks, yoghurt, crème fraîche and vanilla. Stir the egg mixture and the sugar mixture together.
- Scatter the chopped pears into the bottom of the cake tin, then sprinkle the chocolate pieces over. Cover with the cake mixture, then sprinkle generously with flaked almonds.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted near the centre comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm.
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