Juicy Pear Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 125 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
• 200 g butter
• 150 g pear puree or unsweetened apple sauce
• 120 g whole cane sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 150 g Whole wheat flour
• 200 g type 405 wheat flour
• 100 g Ground Almonds
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 packet baking powder
• 180 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• 5 pears
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1.

   Coarsely chop the chocolate and melt it over a hot, non-boiling water bath. Remove from heat and let cool.

2. 2.

   Cream the butter with pear puree and sugar, then gradually fold in the eggs, a pinch of salt, and the melted chocolate. Mix the flours with almonds, cocoa, and baking powder, and alternately stir into the butter mixture with milk.

3. 3.

   Peel, quarter, core, and slice the pears into thin strips. Toss them with lemon juice.

4. 4.

   Spread half the batter in an oiled springform pan, leaving a 1 cm border. Arrange half of the pear strips on top, then cover with the remaining batter and top with the rest of the pears. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 °C (170 °C fan; gas: level 3) for about 50 minutes, checking with a skewer.

5. 5.

   Remove the finished cake from the oven, let it cool, release from the pan, allow to fully set, and serve.