Pear and chocolate cake
Discover this moist pear and chocolate cake, perfect for a delicious dessert.
A pear and chocolate cake is a dessert that combines the sweetness of pears with the crunch of chocolate. Here’s how to make it easily.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time45 min
- Resting15 min
- Total1 hr 30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfour
- Estimated cost$8.09 $1.01 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $1.46
- $3.27
- $0.12
- $0.74
- $1.40
- $1.10
Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Prepare the plain dough:
- Preheat the oven to
- Spread the dough evenly over a tart pan with a diameter of approximately ≈ 3 min
- look at the bottom ≈ 3 min
- Cover with parchment paper, followed by dry beans (or other). ≈ 3 min
- Bake.
- Prepare the pears: ≈ 3 min
- Cut the pears in half ≈ 8 min
- Remove the seeds from the pears ≈ 8 min
- If possible, remove the woody strands from the elongated part of the pear. ≈ 3 min
- Prepare the chocolate filling: ≈ 3 min
- melt the butter and the chocolate
- In a bowl, crack the eggs, add the sugar, and whisk vigorously. ≈ 4 min
- Add the chocolate and melted butter, and mix well. ≈ 4 min
- Preheat the oven and prepare the cake batter:
- Arrange the halved pears in a circle on the pre-baked dough. ≈ 3 min
- Pour the egg, sugar, butter, and chocolate mixture onto the center of the baking sheet and spread it evenly to the edges. ≈ 4 min
- Bake in the oven at.
- Once out of the oven, sprinkle with some chopped almonds for decoration.
The bill
Pear and chocolate cake
- 4 large poached pears (to be prepared in advance)$1.46
- shortcrust pastry$3.27
- about sugar$0.12
- of butter$0.74
- 4 eggs$1.40
- a few blanched almonds$1.10
Total$8.09
that's $1.01 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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