Chocolate and Pear Cake With Fluffy Chocolate Frosting

Whatcha gonna bake this weekend?

Is it chocolate and pear cake?

Chocolate cake with redeeming fruit?

You can use apple. I won’t mind.

You can use tinned pears. I like them.

You can invite me round. I want some.

Chocolate and Pear Cake with Fluffy Chocolate Frosting

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Ingredients

• 125g butter (softened)
• 1 cup coconut sugar ((or 3/4 cup white or raw sugar))
• 2 Large bananas, mashed
• 2 Large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups white spelt flour ((plain is fine, or half wholemeal, half white))
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 Small pears, peeled, cored, and chopped
• 125g butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 180c. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
Step 2
Cream the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Add mashed banana. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat after each addition. Add vanilla.
Step 4
In a separate bowl (if you can be bothered, I can't), mix the spelt, baking powder, and cocoa.
Step 5
Add dry ingredients to butter/sugar/egg mix and fold through for a couple of strokes. Add milk until thoroughly combined, then fold in pears.
Step 6
Bake for about 25-35 minutes (depending on your oven) until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Step 7
Leave to cool in the tin for five minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool
Step 8
When cool, top with the chocolate frosting - beat the butter, icing sugar, cocoa, and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Take no prisoners when frosting. YOU WANT THAT SHIT THICK!
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