Vegan chocolate and pear olive oil cake
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Ingredients
Method
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- 1½ cup pear
Cut the pears around the core into slabs, then into roughly half-inch cubes.
- 2 tbsp flour
Toss the pear cubes with 2 tbsp flour so they stay suspended in the batter; set aside.
How an eggless cake is built
- 1 cup hot water
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
Whisk the cocoa powder and espresso granules into 1 cup hot water.
- espresso granules
Whisk in the oil and brown sugar, then the vanilla, cider vinegar, baking soda, kosher salt and cinnamon; whisk vigorously.
- ¼ cup oil
- olive oil
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Heat the oven to 350F. Oil the base of a 10-inch enamelled cast iron skillet with olive oil.
Oil, sugar and the skillet
- 1½ cup flour
Whisk in the flour gently, leaving some dry; add the pears and fold with a spatula until the last streak of flour disappears.