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Mulled wine, pear & cinnamon cake with chocolate chestnut ganache
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Mulled wine, pear & cinnamon cake with chocolate chestnut ganache

15 ingredients Serves 12 openrecipes
Mulled wine, pear & cinnamon cake with chocolate chestnut ganache

Fruit, nut, spice and chocolate in a cake - the ultimate combination. This is a celebration bake to really treat someone

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1171
Calories
30g
Protein
40g
Fat
168g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Chestnut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe pears
  • 100ml mulled wine
  • 175g butter , softened
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 175g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 40g cooked chestnuts , chopped
  • cocoa powder , for dusting
  • icing sugar , for dusting
  • 250ml double cream
  • 100g 70% dark chocolate , chopped
  • 250g chestnut purée

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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