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No Flour Poached Pear Chocolate Cake

Posted on May 18th, 2023
by Paula
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Chocolate and Pear Cake

This cake certainly lives up to its name. It is an extremely delicate chocolate cake with soft mascarpone cream that beautifully combines two flavorful creams: chocolate with pears and honey mascarpone with caramelized almonds.

A fine chocolate cake with poached pears – which is what we called it. And it’s very fine indeed.

The sponge of the cake contains no flour at all, just eggs and chocolate, which together deliver a delicate and delicious dessert. The dense chocolate cream is flavored by the poached pears. The mascarpone cream is enriched with caramelized almonds and honey. The result is deliciousness!

Enjoy!

Chocolate and Pear Cake

No Flour Poached Pear Chocolate Cake

Paula
4.92 from 47 votes
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Prep Time 1 hour hr
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Chilling Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine International

Ingredients
 
 

Cake Sponge:

  • 4 eggs
  • 50 g sugar
  • 80 gr dark chocolate
  • a pinch of salt

Chocolate cream:

  • 150 g dark chocolate
  • 100 g whipping cream
  • 3 tbsp pear juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Mascarpone cream:

  • 50 g sugar
  • 50 g almonds
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 250 g mascarpone cheese
  • 2 tbsp milk

Poached pears:

  • 10 small pears
  • 1 liter water
  • 1 glass sweet white wine
  • 50 g sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 vanilla pod

Instructions
 

Poached pears:

  • Boil the water with the wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, and vanilla. Wash the pears without removing the stem. When the water starts to boil, lower the heat and add the pears. Leave them over a low heat for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pears to cool.

Sponge:

  • The cake is fine and delicate, so it must be handled with care both before and after baking.
  • Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie. Once the chocolate has melted, remove from the heat and refrigerate. It should drop in temperature but still remain liquid.
  • Mix the egg yolks with half the sugar until they double in volume. Add the melted and cooled chocolate and stir gently.
  • Whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt. Add the remaining sugar and mix until the sugar has completely melted. Incorporate the egg whites into the chocolate mixture in 3 batches. Each time, fold them in gently with upward movements.
  • Preheat the oven to a medium heat. Line a 25/35cm (10/14 inch) baking tray with parchment paper. Pour the mixture into the tray and level it – this will be a thin layer. Bake for 15-17 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges.
  • Remove from the oven and cover with parchment paper. Leave like this until it has completely cooled.
  • When cooled, turn the cake upside down. Carefully remove the baking paper from the bottom of the cake. Cut into two equal pieces, 25/17cm (10/7 inch).
  • Chocolate truffle cream: Bring the whipping cream and pear juice to almost boiling point. Turn off the heat and add the chocolate and vanilla. Let them rest for 2 minutes then stir well until smooth. Leave to cool.

Mascarpone cream:

  • Combine the mascarpone with the milk and honey and mix until you get a smooth and creamy consistency.
  • Caramelize the sugar. When it turns into a liquid caramel, add the almonds, making sure they are all evenly coated. Turn off the heat. Transfer the almonds to a wooden chopping board and leave to cool.
  • Place the caramelized almonds in the food processor and grind them on low speed. Fold the caramelized almonds into the mascarpone cream. Keep a tablespoon for decoration purposes.

Assembly:

  • Spread the truffle cream on one of the pieces of cake, place the other piece of cake on top, and spread with the rest of the truffle cream.
  • Refrigerate the cake for an hour to allow the chocolate cream to set. Spread the mascarpone cream on top and smooth it out nicely.
  • Cut the cake into squares and decorate each piece with poached pears (peeled), chocolate strips, and caramelized almonds.

Enjoy!

    Notes

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    Paula

    Paula is a very talented pastry cook and a regular Chef's Pencil contributor. She has won numerous awards for amateur chefs and she loves to bake for her family of four. Check out all her delicious pastry and dessert recipes on her profile page.

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