Name: Little Chocolate Heart Cakes with Pears
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Dark chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped - 3 ½ ounces; White sugar - ½ cup; Unsalted butter, softened - ¼ cup; All-purpose flour - ½ cup; All-purpose flour - 1 tablespoon; Egg - 1; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Ripe pear - peeled, cored, and chopped - 1; Slivered almonds - ½ cup

Ingredients for - Little Chocolate Heart Cakes with Pears

1. Dark chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped 3 ½ ounces

2. White sugar ½ cup

3. Unsalted butter, softened ¼ cup

4. All-purpose flour ½ cup

5. All-purpose flour 1 tablespoon

6. Egg 1

7. Baking powder 1 teaspoon

8. Ripe pear - peeled, cored, and chopped 1

9. Slivered almonds ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Little Chocolate Heart Cakes with Pears

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place an 8-cavity heart silicone mold onto a baking sheet.

2 . Stage

Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes.

3 . Stage

Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add melted chocolate, 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour, egg, and baking powder and mix in. Fold in pear and almonds into batter. Spoon batter into the prepared heart-shaped molds.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 10 minutes. Cool completely, about 30 minutes, then unmold.