Chocolate, Pear and Amaretti Biscuits Cake recipe

Chocolate, Pear and Amaretti Biscuits Cake


Ingredients

- 200g of flour
- 80g amaretti biscuits
- 120g butter
- 180g of dark chocolate
- 4 eggs
- 100g sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 or 2 cans of pears
- powdered sugar (to decorate)
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Preheat the oven at 180°C (360F). Divide the egg whites from the yolks.
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Whip the egg whites and, when they get soft, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar (about 50g). Continue to whip for a few more min.
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Melt the chocolate in a small pot with the butter at very low heat, or put a pan with boiling water under your pot.
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In another bowl mix the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar until you get a soft and fluffly mixture. Add the chocolate mixture and mix
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Using a food processor mince the amaretti biscuits and add them in the bowl
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Add the flour and the baking powder and mix.
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Add the egg whites and mix gently until they merge.
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Strain the pears from the cans. Spread some butter in a long and short cake pan (use loaf pans or plum cake pan). Add half of the dough to make the first layer of the cake
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Place the pears on the layer. Cover the pears with the other half of the dough.
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Cook in the oven at 180°C (360F) for 40 min. Let it cool at room temperature before to take out the plum cake from the pan. Spread some powdered sugar on top.
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Serve cold

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