I just love a pretty cake and this cake sure is pretty.
It is a chocolate cake with pears sunken into it. A cake made of necessity because I had (and still do) a giant bowl of pears on the counter that need to be eaten. I love the pears, they are delicious, but I can’t possible eat all of them before I end up having to just sauce them all. (I think most of the rest are gonna be sauce) Plus it is finally not stupid hot out and I am getting that cool weather, hang at home with a sweater on, all the apples and pumpkins, fall time feeling that included the itch to bake things. That feeling, it’s coming on strong and I’ll be honest here, I am soooo over summer. Bring on the fall!
Also, note about cake. Because each piece has half a pear sunken into it, I would there by think that this cake might actually be considered a health food. (hehehe) Yeeeah, no, but it is good. The mr already ate half.
Now to the cake!
The stuff. In the bowl there is flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and powder, salt, and cinnamon. Also need brewed coffee, sugar, oil, vanilla, apple cider vinegar, and some little pears.
Make cake bater. Whisk together all the dry until really really mixed and there are no clumps then add in all the wet.
Mixed and ready batter.
Now cut the pears in half and remove the stem and seeds. Slice each half into 1/4 inch thick pieces but keep each sliced pear together.
And sure, some people might say, should I peel the pears? And the answer is no, you should not, but you can if you want. But don’t. Unless you want to.
Place the sliced cut havles cake down into the batter. Make them look pretty.
Then into the hot oven it goes to bake.
Wow wow! So pretty! Now let it cool a bit.
When cooled off, cut into pieces. Each piece gets a pear.
Cake on plate, grab a fork, and eat.
-C
Chocolate Pear Cake
4-5 small pears (like Forelle Pear or another smaller variety)
41 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup neutral flavored oil
1 1/4 cups hot coffee
2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Preheat oven to 350
Start with cutting up the pear. Cut each pear in half, remove all seeds and the stem, then slice each half into 4-5 1/2 inch thin pieces, keeping the pieces of each half together.
Grab a big bowl and dump in the flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon, salt, cocoa powder, and sugar. Whisk well until completely combined and there are no clumps of cocoa of flour. Now add in the oil, vanilla, coffee, and vinegar and mix until just combined. Pour batter into a well greased pan. (use a 9x9 or 8 inch round)
Grab cut up pear halves and place halves, cut side down into the batter. 3 across and 3 down, or just any way that you think looks pretty. And once you got your pears in, place the pan into the oven. Bake for 28-32 minutes or until you get a clean fork when poked for doneness.
Remove from oven and let cool for a bit on a wire rack. Once cooled, cut it up and eat it
Left over cake is good covered at room temperature for a day or two but should be sorted in fridge, covered, for up to a week.