Name: French chocolate pear cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup flour, plus; 3 tablespoons flour; 6 egg whites; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/3 cup applesauce; 4 tablespoons cocoa; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 (32 ounce) can pear halves in natural juice, drained and cubed

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A fast, easy, and cheap French cake. It keeps a week, and is better when a little old. If I want to dress it up, I serve it with creme anglaise or whipped cream. Recipe originally from one of my adult students, Yves.

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ingredients

1 cup flour, plus
3 tablespoons flour
6 egg whites
³⁄₄ cup sugar
¹⁄₃ cup applesauce
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 (32 ounce) can pear halves in natural juice, drained and cubed

directions

Spray a 9 or 10" pan, ideally a springform, with cooking spray.
Combine egg whites, sugar and vanilla, add and stir in cocoa, flour and baking powder.
Stir in apple sauce.
Carefully stir in the cubed pears, (count out 6 half-pears, eat any extras).
Pour batter into greased pan and bake at 350° for about 45 minutes.
Cool and unmold, dust with cocoa and/or powdered sugar to decorate.

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"A fast, easy, and cheap French cake. It keeps a week, and is better when a little old. If I want to dress it up, I serve it with creme anglaise or whipped cream. Recipe originally from one of my adult students, Yves."

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review by shhthisisjanelle

12/8/2008

Made this for an ambitious 7 course meal for some friends. The cake seemed way too dense and the pear flavor got overwhelmed by the chocolate. It was definitely good, in the way that chocolate and fruit will always taste good together, but not a new or exciting flavor.

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review by amatteson

10/18/2008

Unfortunately this cake didn't get rave reviews when I made it. The pears do add a slight sweetness, but the cake was very dense and the chocolate taste was the cocoa. If you're looking for a great chocolate pear recipe, I would recommend Chocolate Pear Pudding by Nigella Lawson on the Food Network website.

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review by Vino p.o. prn

3/19/2008

Lightly sweet from the pears with a nice chocolate flavor. Made for dinner with our parents and it went over very well!

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review by sugaree

2/11/2008

A simple lovely cake. I served this with "recipe 53511".

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review by lauralie41

9/7/2005

I am sorry this cake did not work well for us. The pears did taste nice with the chocolate but the cake itself was on the bland side. I did use Splenda instead of sugar and maybe that altered the taste a bit.

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