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Chocolate and pear upside-down cake recipe

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Pear and chocolate are a classic combination and this easy cake makes a delicious end to a dinner party. Best served warm with plenty of cream, this rich chocolate sponge is turned upside-down to reveal a ring of soft, caramelised pears. See method

Serves 12
20 mins to prepare and 1 hr 25 mins to cook, 10 mins to cool
393 calories / serving
Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 small ripe pears (roughly 600g), peeled, quartered and cored
25g butter, melted
30g caster sugar
single cream, to serve (optional)

For the sponge

60g cocoa powder
190g salted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
100g low-fat natural yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g caster sugar
100g light soft brown sugar
225g self-raising flour
1½ tsp baking powder
3 eggs

If you don't have any pears, try using apples

Each serving contains

Energy
1645kj
393kcal 20%
Fat
20g 29%
Saturates
11g 56%
Sugars
34g 38%
Salt
0.7g 11%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 50.9g Protein 5.1g Fibre 1.8g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Put the pears in a baking dish with the melted butter and caster sugar; toss to coat. Bake for 25 mins or until just tender. Remove and set aside until cool enough to handle.
Grease a 20cm round springform cake tin and line the base with nonstick baking paper. Arrange the pears in a tight circle over the base, with the thin ends in the centre. Drizzle over any juices from the baking dish.

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Mix the cocoa with 100ml boiling water until smooth. With an electric whisk, beat the butter, oil, yogurt, cocoa mix, vanilla, sugar, flour and baking powder in a large bowl for 2 mins until smooth and fluffy, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Pour over the pears and shake gently to level out.
Bake for 1 hr-1 hr 10 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin before turning out onto a serving plate, so the pears are facing up. Serve warm with the cream drizzled over, if using, or leave to cool completely.

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