Pear Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter (or margarine)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, grated
• 1 large pear, peeled cored and sliced

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 2 coat a 9-inch round pan with cooking spray.
• 3 beat butter or margarine in large bowl until creamy; add sugar, and beat until fluffy.
• 4 beat in egg and vanilla.
• 5 whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; add alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• 6 spread a little more than half of the batter in the prepared pan.
• 7 cover with pear slices and dust with chocolate, and add remaining batter by tablespoons covering well pears and chocolate.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 50 to 60 minutes, until toothpick test done.
• 9 remove pan to wire rack to cool.
• 10 if you wish dust with confectioners' sugar.