Chocolate and pear cake

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Ingredients

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• 4 buerre bosc pears halved and centres removed
• 2 cup water
• 125 gram sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon power (or 1 stick)
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• 75 gram butter
• 200 gram dark chocolate
• 150 milli liter water (take syrup from poached pears)
• 125 gram sugar
• 200 gram flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

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2. Bring water with sugar and cinnamon to boil.
3. Add pears and boil for 2}}.
4. Take from heat and set aside.
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6. In a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate together with the water.
7. Remove from heat and stir in sugar.
8. In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, cocoa and baking powder.
9. Whisk in melted chocolate mixture.
10. Add eggs and vanilla essence, then whisk until smooth.
11. Pour batter into buttered tin.
12. Arrange pear pieces on top.
13. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Instead of poaching pears you can use tinned pears and add a total of 250}} sugar instead.