Crispy pear Helene crumble cake

Name: Crispy pear Helene crumble cake
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 1.5 kg Pears; 150 ml dry white wine; 500 g Sugar; 1/2 TEASPOON + 10 g cinnamon; 525 g Flour; 1/2 TEASPOON + 2 teaspoons baking powder; 75 g Coconut flake; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 500 g Butter or margarine; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 6 Eggs (size M); 20 g Cocoa powder; 1 TABLESPOON Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Grease

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 20

1.5 kg Pears
150 ml dry white wine
500 g Sugar
1/2 TEASPOON + 10 g cinnamon
525 g Flour
1/2 TEASPOON + 2 teaspoons baking powder
75 g Coconut flake
7-10 Tbsp Salt
500 g Butter or margarine
1 package Vanillin sugar
6 Eggs (size M)
20 g Cocoa powder
1 TABLESPOON Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

1
Peel and halve the pears, cut out the core. Boil up wine, 250 ml water, 25 g sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a wide pot. Add the pears and steam covered for 12-15 minutes. Carefully lift out with a skimmer, drain well and let cool down. Remove 5-6 tbsp. pear water and put aside.
2
Meanwhile, for the crumbles, put 250 g flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 200 g sugar, grated coconut, 10 g cinnamon, 1 pinch of salt and 225 g fat in a very large bowl. Work into crumbles with your hands. Mix 275 g fat, 275 g sugar, 1 pinch of salt and vanilla sugar well with the whisks of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one by one. Mix 275 g flour and 2 tsp. baking powder, add and stir in. Stir cocoa with 5-6 tbsp pear water until smooth. Stir 4 tablespoons of the dough into the cocoa. Put light-coloured dough on a greased fat pan of the oven (32 x 39 cm), smooth it down. Carefully spread the dark dough on top, pull through a little with a fork (marble), smooth again. Put the pears into the pan with the convex side facing upwards.
3
Stir cocoa with 5-6 tbsp pear water until smooth. Stir 4 tablespoons of the dough into the cocoa. Put light-coloured dough on a greased fat pan of the oven (32 x 39 cm), smooth it down. Carefully spread the dark dough on top, pull through a little with a fork (marble), smooth again. Put the pears into the pan with the convex side facing upwards. Spread crumbles evenly on top. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 40-50 minutes. Remove, place on a cake rack and allow to cool. Dust with icing sugar and cut into pieces. Arrange on a cake plate. Whipped cream tastes good with it
4
Spread crumbles evenly on top. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 40-50 minutes. Remove, place on a cake rack and allow to cool. Dust with icing sugar and cut into pieces. Arrange on a cake plate. Whipped cream tastes good with it
5
Waiting time approx. 1 hour