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  Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, a delicious moist cake made with fresh pears and rich dark chocolate. A dessert everyone will love.

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake even the name sounds lovely doesn’t it?  This is one of the Italian’s favourite Cakes.  He loves it along side a cup of coffee or dunked in his cafe latte in the morning.

Personally I think it is wasted “dunked” but he says it is amazing.There are so many things that remind us of Fall and I have to say  chocolate is one of those things for me.

Maybe because when I first moved to Italy and it was the start of summer all of a sudden there was no chocolate to be seen, anywhere, (except of course chocolate gelato).

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.

Not in the grocery stores, not in the coffee shops not in friends’ houses, nope, nadda niente!  Needless to say that was very devastating for me, I adore chocolate.

I would make a chocolate stash in the spring just to hold me out until the Fall.  

So why you ask was there no chocolate in the summer?  Well, because Italians believed that chocolate would make you even hotter, “calorosso”, (temperature wise hot!), not a good thing when temperatures would reach 40° celcius they would say.

How many things did I hear back then that would have me scratching my head or Laughing at Loud?

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.

But once fall hit, the Chocolate and the Chocolate Recipes would be flying.  It seems no one could get enough.  Easy to understand when it’s gone for three months!

This Dark Chocolate Pear Cake is one of those worth waiting for Fall cakes.  Made with a delicious dark chocolate and lovely ripe pears make this a tasty moist cake, no need for any icing.

A little sprinkle of powdered sugar and you have the perfect dessert. I think the combination of Pears and Dark Chocolate were made for one another.  Enjoy!

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.
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Dark Chocolate Pear Cake

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 10 servings
Calories 282kcal
Author An Italian in my kitchen

Ingredients

  • 5 1/4 ounces dark chocolate 150 grams
  • 7 tablespoons butter 100 grams
  • 1/2 cup sugar 120 grams
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup greek yogurt 125 grams
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 8 grams
  • 1 cup flour 120 grams
  • 2 ripe pears peeled and chopped
  • powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 340° (170 celsius), grease and flour well an 8 inch cake pan (24 centimeters).
  • In a small bowl over a pot of boiling water (make sure water does not touch bottom of bowl) melt chocolate (broken into pieces) and butter, when they have almost melted remove bowl from heat and stir until smooth. (let cool slightly).
  • In a small bowl whisk together flour and baking powder.
  • In a large bowl beat eggs and sugar until creamy, add cooled melted chocolate, yogurt and flour mixture, beat until smooth, add chopped pears and combine gently with a wooden spoon, spoon into prepared cake pan. Bake for approximately 35 minutes (test with a toothpick). Let cool, remove from pan, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 282kcal

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, an easy Italian Bundt cake recipe, made with fresh Pears and dark chocolate. A moist delicious cake you will love.

Dark Chocolate Pear Cake, a delicious easy, moist, Pear Cake recipe, the perfect family or guest dessert, snack or breakfast cake./anitalianinmykitchen.com

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  1. Hi, I’m in Australia where we use either “self raising” or “plain” flour. Which do you use in your recipes please? It is not stated. Looks delicious by the way.

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    • Hi Liz, if I don’t specify the type of flour (eg self rising or pastry/cake flour) then it’s plain/all purpose flour. It’s funny I think every country has a different name for every type of flour. 🙂

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  2. Hi, just wanted to check, is it 1 cup of flour or 1/2 cup? Because in the recipe it says 1 cup of flour but 120g? Isn’t 1 cup equivalent to 240g? Your clarification is much appreciated.. thanks!

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  5. I’m really intrigued by the combination of dark chocolate and pear. Made the cake yesterday but it’s on the dry side. Can you suggest any modifications to make it more moist?

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  10. I’m one of those people that would quite happily wait for Autumn to eat chocolate, it is very much a rarity in our house although I do have a weakness for poached pears and dark chocolate sauce so this sounds really interesting to me… Especially as the pears will be abundant in the coming weeks.

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