Who knows how ever more apple pies are made than pear pies. And why do pear cakes always have cocoa inside? For this time we prepare a cake with pears, but without chocolate and without chopping the fruit: because it must be the real protagonist of this recipe
This easy recipe is also very nice to bring to the table because the pears are not only in the dough, but they are part of the decoration of the cake in an obvious and original way. We called it not by chance "cake with pears" because the pears are inside the cake all whole or in half. But let's explain better. In practice you will not have to slice or cut the pears into cubes to mix them with the dough because it will be enough to insert them and let them sink into the mixture of eggs, butter and flour before baking the cake in the oven.
The base of the cake
In reality there is no specific recipe for preparing this cake, but if there is one a dough that you really like or that you do particularly well, use that as well. You can dip the pears in the dough of a paradise cake, for example, or in a simpler yogurt cake.
If you are vegans, instead, or you have details intolerances you can also opt for a dough without eggs, without milk and without butter.
Pears cooking
Pears should be cooked once peeled and then simply cut in half.
You can also decide to use them raw, but you risk finding the fruit too hard once the cake is ready, or worse still dry and dark.
To cook the pears just boil them for a few minutes in one water and sugar syrup which you can flavor with rosemary, cinnamon, bay leaves or whatever you prefer.
Once drained, go let it cool and then positioned in the dough.
How to cut pears
You can use pears cut in half or also whole peeled and cored, but not of the stalk that is beautiful to leave as decoration.
In practice you have to remove the core from the base with a small knife and then insert the pear standing in the mixture already poured into the pan. It must come out of the dough only the tip of the fruit with the petiole and the rest of the fruit will be discovered at the first cut. A magic!
Cake baking
It depends a lot on the mix you have chosen, generally they will suffice 30 minutes at 180 ° using a ventilated oven to make the dough soft during cooking.
To caramelize the pears in the oven sprinkle with brown sugar and a knob of butter before cooking.
Pears with red wine
For a very elegant variant with the most intense taste of the classic pear cake, you can cook the fruit in one syrup based on red wine, water and spices. In this case, however, opt for a dark chocolate dough, like the classic pear and chocolate cake.
Savory variant
How good is cheese with pears? Our grandparents have marked it, haven't they? Well, try to imagine a sweet tooth savory pie with pears. To prepare it you simply have to mix three eggs with three glasses of 00 flour, a packet of baking powder for savory pies, a glass of milk and a half of seed oil, salt and pepper and a handful of parmesan cheese. Then add also some herbs such as thyme and of gorgonzola cubes or other very tasty cheese of your choice. Pour the mixture into a cake pan and place the pears cut in half inside, simply boiling with water, bay leaf and rosemary.
Bake at 180 ° for about 35 minutes.
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