Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1 cup of butter ((room temperature))
- 2 cups of sugar (, plus 1/4 cup for dusting the rim)
- 4 eggs ((egg whites and egg yolks separated and room temperature))
- 1 cup of cornstarch
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 Tbs of baking powder
- 1 tsp of instant coffee
- 2/3 cups of chocolate milk powder
- 1/3 cup of cocoa powder
- 4 green anjou pears ((peeled))
- 1/8 cup powdered sugar ((to coat the top) +/- to desired coating)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 375F
- Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy.
- Add the egg yolks, one by one, mixing well between additions.
- Add the flour and then the cornstarch slowly; the duo will become dense and heavy.
- Add the milk slowly to soften the dough and finally mix the chocolate milk powder, cocoa powder and baking powder, set aside.
- Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form, place in the bowl with the chocolate mix and fold it gently until a batter forms.
- Place in a cake ring mold that's has been coated with butter and sugar.
- Slowly push the peeled pears into the batter until they reach the bottom, equal distance from each other, away from the center, near the rim.
- Place it in the oven and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick pressed into the center of the cake comes mostly clean.
- Allow it to cool completely, remove ring, coat it with powdered sugar.
