Pear, Pistachio and chocolate cake (From 2001 Vogue Entertaining)
The name says it all….ooh la la ! It’s the delightful mixture of the pears and pistachios and the oozing chunks of melting chocolate that makes this THE most delicious cake to warm up a chilly Sunday afternoon …..
You need:
150g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
150g caster sugar
1 pear peeled and diced into bite size pieces
zest of an orange
150g unsalted butter
3 eggs
200 g dark chocolate chopped into little chunks
¾ cup pistachios roughly chopped
·Preheat the oven 180
·Mix the flour baking powder, sugar, eggs, butter and whiz till combined in a whizzer it takes a minute…not to much you want to keep it chunky
·Throw it all in a bowl and stir in the pear, chocolate, zest and nuts
·Ok you can nick a bit of the chocolate (Scientific fact: there are no calories when it’s in the cooking mixture)
·Pour into a moisturized baking tin ..a loaf one could be the go
·Lick the bowl
·Bake for about 60 mins or when it ‘s bouncy and brown on the top
·So slimming and so good for you with all those endorphins from the chocolate
·it’s a taste sensation!
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