Pear marble cake

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Mix sugar and vanilla sugar. Cut the fat into small pieces. Beat fat and sugar until frothy. Stir in eggs one after the other until the mixture becomes creamy. Mix flour and baking powder and stir alternately with 4 tablespoons of milk into the mixture. Grease a springform pan with a tube bottom insert (26 cm Ø) and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.

2. 2

   Fill in half of the dough and smooth it down. Mix the second half of the dough with cocoa and the remaining milk. Spread the dark dough on the light one. Peel and halve the pears and cut out the core. Cut the tops several times about 1 cm deep. Place the halves into the dough with the rounding upwards and close together. Press in a little bit. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar crystals. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 60 minutes. Let the cake cool down. Use a knife to remove the cake from the edge of the mould.

3. 3

   Place the halves into the dough with the rounding upwards and close together. Press in a little bit. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sugar crystals. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 60 minutes. Let the cake cool down. Use a knife to remove the cake from the edge of the mould. Remove the rim and carefully remove the cake from the bottom. Place on a plate. Warm up the jam, stir until smooth and spread on the cake. Sprinkle with remaining sugar crystals and serve decorated with mint leaves. Makes about 16 pieces

4. 4

   Remove the rim and carefully remove the cake from the bottom. Place on a plate. Warm up the jam, stir until smooth and spread on the cake. Sprinkle with remaining sugar crystals and serve decorated with mint leaves. Makes about 16 pieces