Pear Chocolate Cake

Name: Pear Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup butter (or margarine); 1 1/2 cups white 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

10 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter (or margarine)
1 1/2 cups white 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

Directions

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 white 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.