Pear Pistachio And Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Toss together the avocados and pears in a medium bowl. Stir in the cilantro, lime juice, coriander, 1/2 teaspoon salt, the garlic and jalapenos until combined. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a serving bowl, sprinkle with the pistachios and serve with lime wedges and blue corn tortilla chips.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Butter 8 individual baking tins. Put both types of flour in a mixing bowl and stir in the ground pistachios, sugar and vanilla. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form. Fold them very carefully into the flour mixture. Quickly fold in the melted butter. Divide the batter among the baking tins and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until they are golden brown. Remove cakes from the tins and let cool on a rack, brushing them from time to time with the liqueur.
• Halve the Seckel pears lengthwise. Melt 1/2 cup sugar in a large saute pan (large enough to hold all the pear halves). Add the pear halves, cut side down, and cook until caramelized.
• Blanch the Forelli pears in a pot of boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and cut in half lengthwise. Toss pears with 1/2 cup sugar and roast in the oven until lightly browned.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Combine eggs and yolks in a mixing bowl. Bring cream, vanilla bean seeds, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar to a simmer. Add about 1 cup of the simmering cream mixture to the eggs and whisk to combine. Add the egg mixture to the simmering cream mixture and cook until thickened, about 4 minutes. Do not let boil. Transfer the custard to individual serving vessels, such as small ramekins or molds, and arrange in baking dishes. Pour water halfway up the sides of the ramekins and place in the oven. Bake until custard is set. Remove from oven and cool. Spoon cooled custard over finished cakes and serve with both types of pears on the side.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• Grease and flour loaf tin.
• Put flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter and eggs in food processor.
• Blend until just combined. (Do not over blend).
• Transfer to mixing bowl. Stir in chocolate, pear, pistachios and orange zest.
• Pour mixture into loaf tin.
• Bake 60 minutes or until skewer inserted coes out clean.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes then turn onto cake rack to cool.

Steps:

• CAKE.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Butter a 9in springform cake pan, then line the bottom with baking paper and butter the paper.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Process the chocolate and pistachios in a food processor until coarse crumbs form.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (2-3 minutes). Add eggs one at a time, beating until well combined, then beat in the vanilla.
• Stir the flour mixture into the butter/sugar mixture, then add the pistachio and chocolate mixture and the pear.
• Pour into the springform pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30-40 minutes. Place the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes then carefully remove the mold.
• CHOCOLATE GANACHE.
• Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium-low heat to just BELOW boiling. Watch carefully to avoid scalding.
• Add chocolate and stir until smooth.
• Remove from heat and set aside until slightly thickened (5-10 minutes).
• Pour ganache over the cake, scatter with pistachios, and place in the refrigerator to set (20-30 minutes).
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour bundt pan.
• With an electric mixer, mix all ingredients except chips until well blended.
• Stir in mini chocolate chips.
• Pour cake mix into bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• Test for doneness.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Blend first 6 ingredients; then beat 2 minutes.
• Mix pecans and chocolate chips and sprinkle in bottom of greased and floured Bundt pan. (optional).
• Remove 1 cup of cake batter and place in a small bowl; add chocolate syrup.
• Mix well. Set aside.
• Place remaining batter into Bundt pan, then pour chocolate batter on top of first batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes.
• Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar, if you don't use pecan-chocolate chip streusel.
• You can use butterscotch instant pudding for a chocolate butterscotch cake.