Pear and chocolate pudding cakes

Name: Pear and chocolate pudding cakes
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 50 g Butter; 50 g Chocolate, coarsely chopped (Main); ½ cup Ground almonds; ¾ cup Icing sugar, sifted; 1 Tbsp Cocoa powder, sifted; 3 Eggs, whites, lightly beaten; 1 Pear, unpeeled, cored and finely sliced (Main)

15 min

for 12 people

Ingredients

50 g	Butter
50 g	Chocolate, coarsely chopped (Main)
½ cup	Ground almonds
¾ cup	Icing sugar, sifted
1 Tbsp	Cocoa powder, sifted
3	Eggs, whites, lightly beaten
1	Pear, unpeeled, cored and finely sliced (Main)

Directions

Heat oven to 190 degC. Grease 12 patty pans. Place butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water to melt, or microwave to melt. Stir until smooth.
Place ground almonds, icing sugar, cocoa and flour in a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add egg whites and melted chocolate to the well and stir to combine.
Spoon mixture into prepared patty pans. Place a few slices of pear on each and bake for 15 minutes. Serve plain or with chocolate fudge sauce (see recipe below) if desired.

Tip: old-fashioned patty pans are small, shallow cake pans available from specialist cookware shops. You could also use mini muffin pans.