Forget any diet, counting of calories or any other similar thought. This cake is indeed a bomb in terms of calories, but it is also pure bliss. Soft slices of pear covered in moist hazelnut and chocolate cream, wrapped in a mouthwatering dark chocolate cake. When you really want to treat yourself, this is the cake for you!
Ingredients
- 300 gdark chocolate
- 180 gwhite flour type 0 (I used spelt)
- 180 gdark muscovado brown sugar
- 125 gbutter
- 15 gbaking powder
- 4eggs
- 1 jarhazelnut and chocolate spreadable cream
- 1 teaspoonground cinnamon
- 5pears (kaiser variety)
- q.s.icing sugar (for the topping)
Preparation
– melt the chocolate in a bain-marie together with the butter;
– separate in two different bowls the egg yolks from the whites;
– whip the whites until stiff and keep them aside;
– add the sugar to the yolks and whisk them together for about 15 minutes or till you get a frothy cream;
– sift the flour onto the thus above obtained mixture and mix well till it gets completely absorbed;
– add the ground cinnamon and the baking powder, mix well;
– pour the melted chocolate and butter, mix well till it gets absorbed completely;
– pour the whipped egg whites and mix gently, with a rotary movement from the bottom to the top of the bowl;
– once you have obtained a creamy and smooth mixture, pour half of it onto a greased baking tray (20/22 cm diameter);
– peel 3 pears, place half of each pear onto the cake mixture;
– top each slice with some spreadable hazelnut and chocolate cream;
– pour the remaining cake mixture onto the baking tray covering well the pears;
– peel and slice the remaining 3 pears into wedges, top the cake with the wedges;
– bake at 170 degrees for about 50 minutes;
– allow the cake to cool down, then sprinkle some icing sugar on top;