Vegan Chocolate Pear Loaf Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup flour

  e.g. all-purpose, spelt or gluten-free flour*
• 6 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup raw cane sugar

  or other sugar
• ¾ cup plant milk

  e.g. soy, oat, or hazelnut, or almond milk
• ⅓ cup canola oil

  or sunflower oil
• 6 ½ tbsp applesauce

  or pumpkin purée or mashed banana
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 small pears

  approx. 14 oz
• 2.8 oz dark chocolate

  chopped
• 3 tsp coconut oil

  or other vegetable oil
• 2-3 tbsp chopped walnuts

  or hazelnuts

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 356 °F (180 °C). Lightly grease a 9 x 4.3 Inch (25 x 11 cm)
  loaf pan [https://amzn.to/30m0Tf4] and line with parchment paper as shown in the
  step-by-step photos above.
• 2 Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a bowl. Then add salt,
  cinnamon and sugar and whisk together. Set aside.
• 3 In a measuring jar, whisk together plant milk, canola oil, applesauce and
  vanilla extract. Then pour it into the flour mixture and stir until just
  combined.
• 4 Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth it out.
• 5 Cut the stalk of the pears straight off. Then dust the pears with a little flour
  and press them into the batter.
• 6 Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 50-60 minutes, or until a
  toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 Then remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
• 8 Melt the chocolate with the coconut oil slowly over a water bath, then pour over
  the cake. If desired, sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top.
• 9 Allow the glaze to harden. Then slice and enjoy!

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