PEAR, HAZELNUT & CHOCOLATE CAKE

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Moist, fruity pear, hazelnut and chocolate cake - try it warm with cream as a teatime treat

Provided by Mary Cadogan

Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat

Time 1h30m

Yield Cuts into 8 slices

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

100g blanched hazelnuts
140g self-raising flour
175g butter , cut into small pieces
140g golden caster sugar
2 large eggs , beaten
5 small, ripe Conference pears
50g dark chocolate , chopped into small chunks
2 tbsp apricot jam

Steps:

Preheat the oven to fan 140C/ conventional 160C/gas 3. Butter and line the base of a 20cm round cake tin. Grind the hazelnuts in a food processor until fairly fine. Add the flour and mix briefly. Add the butter and pulse until it forms crumbs. Add the sugar and eggs and mix briefly. Peel, core and chop two of the pears. Stir the pears and chocolate lightly into the cake mixture.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Peel, core and slice the remaining pears and scatter over the top of the cake. Press down lightly and bake for 50-60 minutes, until firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out and cool on wire rack. Warm the jam and brush over the top. Serve warm or cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470 calories, Fat 30 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 47 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 18 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium