Pear and chocolate cake, a really perfect combination!

The pear and chocolate cake is a delicious, timeless dessert that never goes out of fashion: let’s see together how to prepare this quick and easy recipe!

The pear and chocolate cake is a classic and fragrant dessert. Accompanied with a delicious cup of hot milk and a spoonful of honey, it is perfect for a healthy and genuine snack or a very energetic breakfast.

The flavor of this dessert with pears is a classic of Italian cuisine: it fills the heart with memories ! Eating it in autumn, when we start finding pears from the greengrocer, is ideal for savoring all its aromas and flavors. What else to say? Are you ready to try your hand at the recipe of the soft cake with pears and chocolate?

Preparation of the recipe for the pear and chocolate cake

1. Start with the fruit: take the pears, peel them and cut them. We have chosen the cut into cubes but you can also make slices and arrange them on the surface.
2. Take the chocolate, chop it finely and melt it in a bain marie . Stir occasionally with the help of a spatula. Alternatively, you can also melt it in the microwave.
3. After that add the butter and stir to make it melt. Let it cool down.
4. Put the eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk them with an electric whisk until the mixture is light and fluffy.
5. After that, add the sifted flour, baking powder and, finally, with a spatula, mix everything from the bottom up to avoid disassembling the dough .
6. Pour the diced pears into the mixture, mix to incorporate everything and transfer to a cake mold.
7. Bake at 180 ° C for 35 minutes , let cool, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.

A tip for some extra goodies : enrich the cake with chocolate chips by sprinkling them on the surface!

How to make a pear and chocolate cake with the Thermomix

Let’s find out how to make a quick and easy version of the cake.

1. Start by chopping the chocolate for about 10 seconds on speed 5.
2. Now add all the other ingredients : sugar, eggs and butter. Run for about 30 seconds at speed 4.
3. At this point, add the sifted flour and let it go on speed 4 for about 1 minute .
4. Finish with the yeast and mix for another 20 seconds .
5. Once the dough is ready, fill a pan and add the pears, which you must have previously cooked in a pan with the amaro. Cut them, place them in the pan and bake in the oven at 180 ° C for 35 minutes !

Tips for the pear and chocolate cake: without butter, soft and creamy

You can flavor the pears by cutting them and placing them in a saucepan over high heat together to a liqueur or a sweet wine of your liking (we chose the rum). Let them brown for a few minutes , until the liqueur has shrunk. After that, proceed as per preparation. If the dough is too liquid , add some more flour to make it homogeneous; on the contrary, if it is too solid , add some milk to make it soft. In case you don’t have butter at home , replace it with the same amount of sunflower oil that will be added when you whip the eggs with the sugar. Finally, if you like the spicy taste , you can add a level teaspoon of cinnamon powder: we still advise you to taste the dough to actually check if the dose inserted is sufficient as the sweet of the pears could cover the aroma of the spice!

storage

You can keep this quick and easy dessert for up to 3 days in an airtight container placed in the refrigerator.

Also try the pear and ricotta cake, a quick and easy cake that will captivate you from the first taste , and all our recipes with pears !