Pear and chocolate cake

Pear and chocolate cake

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Discover this moist pear and chocolate cake, perfect for a delicious dessert.

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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

8 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

  1. Prepare the plain dough:
  2. Preheat the oven to
  3. Spread the dough evenly over a tart pan with a diameter of approximately ≈ 3 min
  4. look at the bottom ≈ 3 min
  5. Cover with parchment paper, followed by dry beans (or other). ≈ 3 min
  6. Bake.
  7. Prepare the pears: ≈ 3 min
  8. Cut the pears in half ≈ 8 min
  9. Remove the seeds from the pears ≈ 8 min
  10. If possible, remove the woody strands from the elongated part of the pear. ≈ 3 min
  11. Prepare the chocolate filling: ≈ 3 min
  12. melt the butter and the chocolate
  13. In a bowl, crack the eggs, add the sugar, and whisk vigorously. ≈ 4 min
  14. Add the chocolate and melted butter, and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  15. Preheat the oven and prepare the cake batter:
  16. Arrange the halved pears in a circle on the pre-baked dough. ≈ 3 min
  17. Pour the egg, sugar, butter, and chocolate mixture onto the center of the baking sheet and spread it evenly to the edges. ≈ 4 min
  18. Bake in the oven at.
  19. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 4 large poached pears (to be prepared in advance)
  • shortcrust pastry
  • about sugar
  • made of chocolate
  • of butter
  • 4 eggs
  • a few blanched almonds

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