Wordless Wednesday

cute little sugar pears...also known as seckel pears

the cake speaks for itself...

and the pear lives up to its name, soft and sweet... 

Pear and Chocolate Cake Pots
original recipe from here.

Ingredients:
(makes 4)

4 small pears
75g unsalted butter, soften at room temperature
75g caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
25g cocoa powder
75g cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

honey for drizzling
icing sugar for dusting

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180degC. Grease 4 ramekins with some butter. Cut off base of pears, set aside.
2. Sift cocoa powder, set aside. Sift together cake flour and baking powder, set aside.
3. Beat butter and sugar with electric whisk till mixture turns pale, light and fluffy.
4. Add in eggs gradually, beat well after each addition. Add in vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
5. Add in cocoa powder, beat till combined.
6. Fold in flour mixture with a spatula, until just combined. 
7. Fill ramekin to half full. Place a pear in each ramekin. Bake for 16~20mins. Serve warm with a drizzle of honey and dusting of icing sugar. Great with a scoop of ice cream too.