Dijonnaise pear cake
This moist cake with a pear-dijonnaise centre is made with a "moelleux" batter. The pears are cooked first in blackcurrant-flavoured crème de cassis.
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Last modified on: January 30th 2022
Keywords for this recipe:You will need:
- 1
4 Pears - 2
10 g Vanilla sugar - 3
250 g Blackcurrant liqueur - 4
350 g "Moelleux" cake batter - Total weight: 1,330 grams
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 24 min. | 1 hour 20 min. | 1 hour 44 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
The blackcurrant poached pears
Peel 4 Pears, cut lengthways into 4 (or 8) and remove the core.Stage 2 - 2 min.
Put into a saucepan, scatter 10 g Vanilla sugar over and mix well.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Cover and leave to cook gently on low heat for 10 minutes.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Add 250 g Blackcurrant liqueur to the pear juice now accumulated in the pan.
Stage 5 - 30 min.
Leave uncovered to poach for about 30 minutes until the liquid in the pan has reduced by around half and the pears are reaching "confit" stage.
Leave to cool, then drain, but keep the juice.
Leave to cool, then drain, but keep the juice.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Assembling the cake
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).Butter a loaf tin, then pour in half the moelleux batter.
Stage 7 - 4 min.
Carefully arrange the drained pears in a tightly-packed and even layer.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Pour the remaining moelleux batter on top.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Stand the tin(s) on a baking sheet, cut a split along the top of each cake if possible...
Stage 10 - 40 min.
...and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
Stage 11
Turn out while still hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
The quantity of crème de cassis is only a guide. You will need enough to just about cover the pears.
And to drink?
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,955 Kcal or 8,185 Kj | 136 gr | 1,380 gr | 372 gr |
| 98 % | 52 % | 130 % | 56 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 147 Kcal or 615 Kj | 10 gr | 104 gr | 28 gr |
| 7 % | 4 % | 10 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For : 3.93 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | "Moelleux" cake batter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leopard cake, Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, ... All |
 | Blackcurrant liqueur: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Blackcurrant sorbet for Edith, ... All |
 | Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pain perdu, Toffee apple upside-down cake, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , "Moelleux" cake batter, Chocolate tart, ... All |
 | Pears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Caramelized pear custard tart, Yvetot Douillons, Belle-helene in a glass, Pear compote , Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , ... All |
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