A fairytale poached pear – Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 225 g flour
- 25 g cacao powder
- 150 g sugar
- 3 Teaspoons teaspoons baking powder
- a little bit of salt
- 80 g oil
- 225 g milk (diary free is also ok)
- 150 g powdered sugar
- 225 g cream cheese (room temperature)
- 3 Tablespoons tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 pears
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/4 Teaspoon cloves
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 200 g sugar
for the chocolate cake:
for the cream cheese frosting:
poached pear:
Instructions
- chocolate cake:
- use a 10cm ⌀ springform
- mix all dry ingredients first
- add all wet ingredients after that
- bake for 30 minutes at 175°C
- once done use a cookie cutter or a spoon to remove cake from the top center of each cake. Do not take out too much. Just enough for your pear sit on top.
IMPORTANT: do NOT overmix - everything just needs to be combined. also check if knife or fork comes out sticky when putting it into the cake. it should not ! - cream cheese:
- first mix cream cheese + maple syrup until creamy
- slowly spoon in powdered sugar and mix until thick frosting forms.
- poached pears:
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peel pears (leave the stem intact)
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boil water and add cinnamon,sugar, cloves and vanilla extract
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wait until the sugar is dissolved and add the pears after that
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let the pears simmer for about 35-30 minutes
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- combine:
- take your chocolate cake
- pour over some of the frosting (if its to thick, you can add 2-3 tablespoons of milk to it)
- gently place the peach on top
- sprinkle some cinnamon over all of it to make it look pretty
