• Chocolate Pear Cake

    From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to All on Sat Nov 29 06:40:40 2025
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    Title: Chocolate Pear Cake
    Categories: Cakes
    Yield: 6 Servings

    75 g Applesauce from a jar
    75 ml Oil; plus extra for greasing
    75 g Sugar
    400 g Tin pears
    175 ml Coconut milk or
    - other plant-based milk
    175 g Self-raising flour
    1 ts Bicarbonate of soda
    1 tb Ground ginger or cinnamon
    6 tb Cocoa powder

    Spoon the applesauce into a large mixing bowl and add the oil and
    sugar. Mix well with a fork or wooden spoon until well combined.

    Drain the pears and reserve the juice. I pour mine straight into a
    glass, dilute with water and drink it. Delicious! Pop the pears into
    a small blender, if you have one, and blend until smooth. If you
    don't have a blender, finely slice them by hand. You'll get a
    different cake, but still a very delicious one. Either way, blended
    or sliced, pop the pears into the mixing bowl with the
    applesauce-sugar-oil mix and stir well. Add the coconut milk and mix
    well.

    Add in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger, or cinnamon & cocoa,
    and stir well to form a smooth, glossy cake batter.

    Turn on the oven to 180?C (fan 160?C/350?F/gas 4). Lightly grease
    a 450 g loaf tin and pour in the mixture. Bake in the centre of the
    oven for 45 minutes, until risen and a small sharp knife inserted
    into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven but leave in
    the tin for 20 minutes to cool and firm up, before turning out and
    serving.

    Recipe by Jack Monroe

    Recipe FROM: <https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/
    lifestyle-wellbeing/jack-monroe-free-ebook>

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