Pear Almond Cake With Chocolate Chunks

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 egg
• 4 ounces unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)
• 2 large pears, peeled and cored and sliced thin
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chunk
• 1/2 cup blanched almond, sliced
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour a 9 inch cakepan or springform pan.
• 3 in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• 4 in a larger bowl, whisk together 3/4 cup sugar and 2 eggs until pale yellow, about 2 minutes.
• 5 whisk in butter.
• 6 stir flour mixture in until just combined, don't over-mix.
• 7 pour half of the mixture in pan, top with half the pear slices and half the chocolate; then pour the rest of the mixture and top with remaining pears and chocolate.
• 8 in a food processor, grind 1/4 cup almonds with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar; add egg and process until smooth.
• 9 drizzle almond mixture over cake, then sprinkle with remaining almond slices.
• 10 bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
• 11 let cool slightly, then dust with confectioners' sugar.