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CHOCOLATE HIDDEN PEAR CAKE

Today I would like to share a vegan chocolate hidden poached pear cake to celebrate New Year. These cake with perfectly poached pear, rich chocolate sponge, very moist and chewy.

CHOCOLATE HIDDEN PEAR CAKE INGREDIENTS:

Flour: all-purpose, type 00, gluten-free or pastry

Pears

Cane sugar

Baking powder: store bought or homemade (homemade recipe could be found here)

Dutch processed cacao

Vegan yoghurt

Canola oil

Orange Zest

Other recipes to try:

Tres Leches Cake 

Vegan Cheeseburger Cupcakes 

Flower Cake 

Pumpkin Scones

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Chocolate Hidden Pear Cake

Vegan chocolate cake with a perfectly poached pear
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate hidden pear cake, hidden pear loaf, pear loaf
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 171kcal

Ingredients

Poached Pear

  • 3 pears
  • 650 ml water
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Batter

  • 2 vegan eggs
  • 125 g vegan yoghurt
  • 50 g canola oil
  • 50 g cane sugar
  • 20 g cacao powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 orange zest
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup chocolate nibs

Instructions

Poached Pear

  • Add all the ingredients to a large pot. Add pears and simmer until they tender but sill firm.
  • Remove the pears from the liquid and set aside.

Cake

  • Preheat the oven 365F. Sprinkle cacao powder on a 900g loaf pan .
  • Sift flour, cacao powder, baking powder and set aside. Pour the wet ingredeints into a flour mixture.
  • Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Place the pears in the batter, gently pushing them. Brush the pears with white corn syrup. Bake the cake for 30-45min., or until a toothpick inserted into the center cames out clean.
  • Let the cake cool for 20 min before taking from the pan to cool completely.

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 95mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg

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