Chocolate Pear Cake
Ingredients
Poached Pears
200g Sugar
250ml Water
250ml Red wine
3 Pears, peeled
Chocolate Cake
100g Butter
200ml Water
50g Cocoa powder
220g Cake flour
5ml Baking soda
5ml Baking powder
160g Caster sugar
2 Eggs
100ml Buttermilk
Method
Place sugar, water, and red wine in a medium-sized pot and heat until it reaches a boiling point.
Place peeled pears in the syrup and reduce heat to a slow simmer.
Poach the pears for 7 minutes, but do not allow them to cook until they are too soft.
Remove the pears from the syrup and let them cool.
Continue to cook the syrup until it has reduced by two-thirds and forms a dark red wine syrup. Let it cool.
Cake: Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
Line and grease a loaf pans with baking paper.
Place butter and water in a medium-sized pot and heat until it reaches a boiling point.
Add cocoa and mix well.
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and caster sugar into a large mixing bowl.
Mix eggs and buttermilk.
Add the cocoa and buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Fill the pan with the batter and place pears into the batter.
Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Carefully remove the cakes from the pans using the baking paper.
Place them on a serving platter and garnish with whipped cream and the cooled red wine syrup.
Enjoy your Chocolate Pear Cake
