Pear-Chocolate Cake

By ltrodrigu

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil, plus more for greasing pan
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips
• 4 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup matzo cake meal
• 3 ripe Bartlett pears, peeled, quartered and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from wsj.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch cake pan.

In a bowl, combine walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon and chocolate chips. Set aside.

Use an electric mixer set on medium to beat eggs until well combined and bubbly, about 1 minute. Add sugar, beating until mixture is pale yellow and billowy. Pour in ½ cup oil in a slow, steady stream, followed by vanilla, beating until combined. Use a spatula to fold matzo cake meal into batter until just combined.

Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Top with half of pears, followed by half of walnut-chocolate mixture. Add remaining batter, using a spatula to smooth top. Sprinkle with remaining pears and walnut-chocolate mixture.

Bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan, 1-1¼ hours. Remove cake from oven and let cool completely before serving.