Chocolate cake with pear

RECIPE

Ingredients:

• 100g butter
• 120g plain chocolate
• 120g caster sugar
• 150g self-raising flour
• 40g cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baked powder
• 2 eggs
• 2 pears

Directions:

1. Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
2. Remove from heat and add the sugar, then the flour and cocoa.
3. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
4. Pour the chocolate mixture into a greased and lined cake tin. Add peeled and sliced into the half pears.
5. Bake at 180°C for about 50 minutes or until risen and springy to the touch.
6. Leave to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin.