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🍰 Moist Hazelnut Pear Cake with Chocolate Glaze

502 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Pears 4 pcs.
• Eggs 3 pcs.
• Brown sugar 175 g
• Vanilla sugar 2 tsp
• Salt pinch
• Sunflower oil 200 ml
• Hazelnut kernels, ground 150 g
• Wheat flour, Type 405 250 g
• Baking powder 2 tsp
• Buttermilk 75 ml
• Chocolate coating, dark 100 g
• Whipping cream 200 g
• Butter 1 tbsp

Instructions

1. 1. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees Celsius fan mode.
2. 2. Peel the pears.
3. 3. Cut the pears in half.
4. 4. Remove the seeds from the pear halves.
5. 5. Dice the pear flesh into small cubes.
6. 6. Add eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt to a large bowl.
7. 7. Beat the ingredients with a hand mixer using the whisk attachment until the mixture is frothy.
8. 8. Stir the oil into the egg mixture.
9. 9. Add the nuts, flour, baking powder, and buttermilk.
10. 10. Mix everything well until a uniform batter forms.
11. 11. Gently fold the pear cubes into the batter.
12. 12. Grease a loaf pan.
13. 13. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
14. 14. Smooth the surface of the batter.
15. 15. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 60 minutes.
16. 16. Loosely cover the top of the cake with aluminum foil towards the end of the baking time if it gets too dark.
17. 17. Let the cake cool on a wire rack.
18. 18. Turn the cake out of the pan.
19. 19. Chop the couverture chocolate into small pieces.
20. 20. Heat cream and butter in a saucepan.
21. 21. Let the couverture melt in the warm cream mixture.
22. 22. Let the chocolate mixture cool down slightly.
23. 23. Pour the chocolate mixture over the cooled cake.
24. 24. Let the glaze set.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 502
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 48 g