Pear Chocolate Cake

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photo by Jenny Sanders photo by Jenny Sanders
photo by Jenny Sanders
photo by Jenny Sanders photo by Jenny Sanders
Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Coat a 9-inch round pan with cooking spray.
  • Beat butter or margarine in large bowl until creamy; add white sugar, and beat until fluffy.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; add alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
  • Spread a little more than half of the batter in the prepared pan.
  • Cover with pear slices and dust with chocolate, and add remaining batter by tablespoons covering well pears and chocolate.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes, until toothpick test done.
  • Remove pan to wire rack to cool.
  • If you wish dust with confectioners' sugar.

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Reviews

  1. This is lovely. I made a few minor changes: I used whole wheat pastry flour, and added an extra pear, and my chocolate bar was a little skimpy. It also didn't want to grate, so I just chopped it up with a chopper. Because of the extra pear (I think) I had to bake it for 70 minutes and it was still a little soft in the very middle. However, it was still wonderful - very rich without being overwhelming, and the pear, chocolate and buttery vanilla cake all balanced each other wonderfully.
     
  2. The recipe worked perfectly for me proportionwise. I did use about 1 and 1/2 fresh pears though. Great recipe. Thanks.
     
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