Flourless Chocolate Pear Cake

My lovely friend Amber made this amazing cake for us and our family absolutely loved it! To have a gluten free cake brought to your house that you haven't had to cook? Amazing. It tasted great before I even tried it, if you know what I mean! 🙂

I asked for the recipe (of course) and as she had found it in an old magazine at her mum's house, she typed it up and e-mailed it to me. I made a few healthy changes (I can't help myself) and voila, a new cake recipe to add to the blog!

I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate, chopped

125g butter, chopped

6 eggs, separated

1/2 cup coconut sugar

1 1/2 cups hazelnut meal (works well with almond meal too!)

5-6 small pears

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

raw honey or maple syrup to glaze top of cake (optional)

Method:

Peel and cut pears into halves and poach in water with 2 teaspoons of cinnamon until they are soft and put aside.

Preheat oven to 180c.

Lightly grease a deep 20cm round cake pan, and line base and side with baking paper.

In a small saucepan, combine chocolate and butter. Stir over low heat until melted. Set aside to cool slightly.

In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg yolks and sugar together until thick.

Add chocolate mixture, beating well.

Fold in hazelnut meal.

In a clean bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.

Using a metal spoon, stir one-third into chocolate mixture.

Gently fold remaining egg white through.

Arrange pears in a fan pattern over base of pan. Pour in cake mixture.

Bake for about 50 mins ,but it might need another 5-10 mins depending on your oven. Use the skewer test!

Cool in pan, turn out onto wire rack.

Optional: Glaze or drizzle with some raw honey or maple syrup.

Serving suggestions: With raspberries and cream, natural yoghurt or as is!

A great occasion cake if decorated with more pear on top and raspberries and cream (as above) or even just left undressed for a morning/afternoon tea to have with a warm cuppa. 🙂

Yours in Health,

Alisha x

Flourless Chocolate Pear Cake

I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients:

200g dark chocolate, chopped

125g butter, chopped

6 eggs, separated

1/2 cup coconut sugar

1 1/2 cups hazelnut meal (works well with almond meal too!)

5-6 small pears

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

raw honey or maple syrup to glaze top of cake (optional)

Method:

Peel and cut pears into halves and poach in water with 2 teaspoons of cinnamon until they are soft and put aside.

Preheat oven to 180c.

Lightly grease a deep 20cm round cake pan, and line base and side with baking paper.

In a small saucepan, combine chocolate and butter. Stir over low heat until melted. Set aside to cool slightly.

In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg yolks and sugar together until thick.

Add chocolate mixture, beating well.

Fold in hazelnut meal.

In a clean bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form.

Using a metal spoon, stir one-third into chocolate mixture.

Gently fold remaining egg white through.

Arrange pears in a fan pattern over base of pan. Pour in cake mixture.

Bake for about 50 mins ,but it might need another 5-10 mins depending on your oven. Use the skewer test!

Cool in pan, turn out onto wire rack.

Optional: Glaze or drizzle with some raw honey or maple syrup.

Serving suggestions: With raspberries and cream, natural yoghurt or as is!

A great occasion cake if decorated with more pear on top and raspberries and cream (as above) or even just left undressed for a morning/afternoon tea to have with a warm cuppa. 🙂

Yours in Health,

Alisha x

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Ingredients:

A great occasion cake if decorated with more pear on top and raspberries and cream (as above) or even just left undressed for a morning/afternoon tea to have with a warm cuppa. 🙂

Yours in Health,

Alisha x

Ingredients:

A great occasion cake if decorated with more pear on top and raspberries and cream (as above) or even just left undressed for a morning/afternoon tea to have with a warm cuppa. 🙂

Yours in Health,

Alisha x