Hooray! I'm back!
Sorry for the break, but we've been moving these past couple of weeks. If you haven't moved lately I would advise against it, since it turns your whole life into a tornado of not knowing where anything is and a thousand boxes and discovering how dirty it is behind your furniture.
But, if you can persevere, the reward is, in our case, a brand new kitchen! It looks like this:
And it is wonderful and big and full of natural light and there's an oven in it that doesn't hate my guts.
So this week I decided to take advantage of it by making this Bittersweet Chocolate Pear Cake. I don't know about you but pears are one of my favorite fruits and any kind of desert with pears in it sounds like a good idea to me.
And that instinct is not wrong. The bittersweet chocolate... the pears... the browned butter...it all comes together so beautifully.
Your ingredients: Flour, sugar, baking powder, pears, bittersweet chocolate pieces, eggs, and butter
Whisk together the flour and baking powder.
Chop up your pears.
Beat your eggs until they are very pale and very thick. You can do it by hand but it takes forever. In a mixer it takes about 10 minutes.
While you're waiting on the eggs to thicken up, brown your butter in a medium skillet. Wait until the butter starts to make a nutty smell, but don't let it burn. Pour it into a bowl.
Add the sugar to the eggs, beat some more. Add in a third of the flour mixture, half the butter, another third of flour mixture, the other half of the butter, and then the last of the flour mixture. Mix the batter until just combined. Pour into a greased 9-inch cake pan, then put the pears on top. Then top with the chocolate pieces. Then just bake it! It's super easy.
Mmmm, it's so good and light and fluffy. Please make this and eat it.
Bittersweet Chocolate Pear Cake
From The Pastry Affair
2 medium pears, diced
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 cup flour
3 eggs, room temperature
1 stick butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate pieces
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9-inch cake pan.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. In an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs until they are pale and very thick- about 10 minutes.
While the eggs are beating, brown the butter in a medium skillet. Pour the butter into a bowl.
Add the sugar to the eggs and beat for about 2 minutes. Put the mixer on low, then add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 the butter, then another third of the flour mixture, then the last half of the butter, then the last of the flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
Pour the batter into the cake pan, then top with the diced pear, then top with the chocolate pieces. Bake for about 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Mmmm, it's so good and light and fluffy. Please make this and eat it.
Bittersweet Chocolate Pear Cake
From The Pastry Affair
2 medium pears, diced
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 cup flour
3 eggs, room temperature
1 stick butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate pieces
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 9-inch cake pan.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder. In an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs until they are pale and very thick- about 10 minutes.
While the eggs are beating, brown the butter in a medium skillet. Pour the butter into a bowl.
Add the sugar to the eggs and beat for about 2 minutes. Put the mixer on low, then add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 the butter, then another third of the flour mixture, then the last half of the butter, then the last of the flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
Pour the batter into the cake pan, then top with the diced pear, then top with the chocolate pieces. Bake for about 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Too yummy!
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