Chocolate lava cake with pears and homemade marzipan

I wanted to make some homemade marzipan to bring on rides as a snack. I made quite a lot (there is never too much marzipan) and I ended up using it in this delicious dessert recipe which is  a variation of the traditional  chocolate lava cake.

 

Ingredients

Marzipan

• 100g almond meal
• 100g sugar
• 2cl water

Cake

• 200 g dark chocolate
• 125 g butter
• 2 pears
• 4 eggs
• 80 g rice flour
• 100 g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation

1. Mix almond meal and sugar together by hand. Slowly add water and keep mixing with you hands until it forms a compact bowl. Set aside.
2. Melt chocolate and butter, smooth and pour this mixture into a bowl.
3. Skin the pears and remove the non-edible parts and dice them.
4. Mix into the chocolate/butter cream, with an electric mixer, the following: eggs, flour, baking powder, sugar and pears. Add 2/3 of the marzipan (diced as well).
5. Finally, add the rest of the marzipan (also diced), and use a wooden spoon to gently mix it in.
6. Pour into cake pan and bake for 20 minutes at 180 ° C.
7. The top should be cooked, but not too firm.
8. The middle should still be a little soft, it’s normal.
9. Let cool and place in the fridge for an hour, then enjoy!