Chocolate and pear cake

January 21, 2025
Torta di cioccolato e pere
Flow rate

Sweets

Duration

60 minutes

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients
  • 200g dark chocolate
  • 2 pears
  • 3 eggs
  • 160 g of granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
  • 80 g of 00 flour
  • 60 g of cornstarch
  • 100 g of milk
  • 15 g of baking powder
  • 50 g Occelli butter and flour for the cake tin
Preparation

Separate the egg whites from the yolks and beat the latter with a whisk, adding the granulated sugar a little at a time.

Take flour, cornstarch and yeast and mix them together. Then, sift everything and gradually incorporate it into the egg yolk mixture. Remember to mix with a bottom-up movement.

Now, add 90 grams of milk and continue working with the spatula until you obtain a smooth mixture.

Procedure

Use the remaining milk to melt the chocolate over a very low heat, let it cool and then add it to the mixture.

Beat the egg whites until stiff with a pinch of salt and gently fold them into the mixture.

Peel the pears , cut them into quarters and then into slices.

At this point, butter and flour a 26 cm diameter springform pan and fill it with the prepared mixture.

Distribute the pears evenly and radially over the surface of the cake , sprinkle with brown sugar and cook in a static oven at 180°C for 35 minutes.

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