Pear, Apple and Chocolate Invisible Cake
Looking for a light cake with lots of fruit? This Pear, Apple and Chocolate Invisible Cake recipe is what you need! This cake is delicious, fast to do and especially rich in fruits therefore to eat without moderation (or almost!).
What is an invisible cake?
What is called invisible cake is the fact of preparing a fruit-based cake (generally apples) cut into very thin slices. The slices of fruit are then mixed into the dough directly which causes the fruit to become invisible, hence the name of the cake.
What I like about this technique is that the cake is rich in fruit and above all very soft and juicy.
I had the idea to make an invisible cake with pears and chocolate thanks to Olivia’s recipe (on Instagram under the name @ livionna02 ). As explained above, as I like the apple and pear mixture (the apple adds a little acidity to the pear), I added apples as well as almond powder in the dough.
For the fruit, I chose 3 pears and 1 apple but you can vary the recipe by adding 2 pears and 2 apples, 4 pears or even 4 apples!
Recipe for Pear, Apple and Chocolate Invisible Cake
For 8 servings you need the following ingredients.
Ingredients
- 3 pears (or 2 pears)
- 1 apple (or 2 apples)
- 2 eggs
- 50 g sugar
- 100 ml of milk
- 80 g flour
- 6 g of baking powder
- 40 g ground almonds
- 40 g of soft butter
- 100 g of chocolate chips
- 75 g flaked almonds
Find the recipe on video!
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 175 ° C (conventional heat).
Cut the pears and apples into 4, remove the seeds and peel them. Using a mandolin or a knife, cut the fruit into thin slices (I use a 2mm thick mandolin).
Pour the fruit into a bowl. Add the eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, almond powder, soft butter and chocolate chips. Mix everything well.
Pour the preparation into a silicone mold or covered with baking paper. Decorate with the almonds flakes on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes in the oven.
Note
You can serve this cake with a pear sorbet!
And if you like this type of cake rich in fruit, find my recipe for Apple, Hazelnut and Cinnamon Cake .
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Ingredients
- 3 pears or 2 pears
- 1 apple or 2 apples
- 2 eggs
- 50 g sugar
- 120 ml of milk
- 80 g flour
- 6 g of baking powder
- 40 g ground almonds
- 40 g of soft butter
- 100 g of chocolate chips
- 75 g flaked almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175 ° C (conventional heat).
- Cut the pears and apples into 4, remove the seeds and peel them. Using a mandolin or a knife, cut the fruit into thin slices (I use a 2mm thick mandolin).
- Pour the fruit into a bowl. Add the eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, almond powder, soft butter and chocolate chips. Mix everything well.
- Pour the preparation into a silicone mold or covered with baking paper. Decorate with the almonds flakes on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes in the oven.
Thank you for the recipe! I love that you can convert from metric to US system very easily! I don’t own a mandolin so I just tried to slice everything as thinly as I could and it seemed to work fine. I didn’t have any luck getting any of the cake out from the mold intact (I used the baking sheet). Some confusions I had: although milk is included as an ingredient, it isn’t stated when to use it in the steps. Also, it seems like what you call ground almonds in the ingredient list is called almond powder in the steps? Maybe the two are interchangeable, but for a beginner like me, some consistency would be much appreciated.
Can this be made with almond flour only as a gluten free option