GRAPPA CAKE ( ITALIAN PEAR CAKE )
Posting this so I don't lose it again. Torta di pera con salsa di grappa. Took me forever to find it! A fantastic recipe for Italian pear cake, uses canned pears which all the best Italian pear cake recipes do.
Provided by kjshay
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 cake, 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make pear cake: Preheat oven to 350 and lightly butter and flour an 8 1/2" springform pan, knocking out excess flour.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon and baking powder.
- In another bowl, with an electric mixer beat together butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in flour misture and milk alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating until it is just combined after each addition. Stir in grappa.
- Peel and core pears; cut into 1/2" dice. Fold pears, raisins or prunes and pine nuts into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan and sprinkle top with remaining tablespoons sugar. Bake cake in middle of oven until a tester comes out with crumbs adhering to it, 45 - 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack and remove side of pan.
- Make grappa sauce: In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together eggs, sugar and cinnamon until thick and pale. In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt butter and stir in egg mixture. Cook sauce, stirring constantly, until it is thickened and registers 165F on a candy thermometer (c. 7 min). Remove bowl from pan; stir in cream and grappa. Serve cake with warm sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 561.8, Fat 28.3, SaturatedFat 14.4, Cholesterol 163.8, Sodium 82.2, Carbohydrate 74.4, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 53.8, Protein 7
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