Pears and chocolate with a hint of soy sauce? You might not have expected this combination to be so good!
Indeed the Pear Upside Down Cake with Soy Sauce and Chocolate is a very interesting experience that will make you want more!
What kind of cake is that
This is a very tasty and decadent cake with a gently exotic taste. The pears go extremely well with the chocolate and the soy sauce brings an interesting flavor.
The soy sauce is a special touch in this cake and it goes very well with the rest of the ingredients. This is the type of cake that every chocolate lover would appreciate highly.
What ingredients you need
You need simple and easy to find ingredients: all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, pears, soy sauce (choose the one with less salt if you can), butter, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, milk and baking powder.
You will find the complete list of ingredients below the post, in the recipe card!
Preparation summary
It is easy to prepare this upside down cake.
- First you need to prepare the pears by slicing them, arranging the slices in the pan and covering with a butter mixture.
- Separately prepare the batter by mixing all the ingredients. Start by beating the eggs with the sugar and then gradually add the wet and the dry ingredients. At the end add the melted chocolate.
- Bake the cake for about 50 minutes at 350 degrees F/ 180 degrees C.
About the pan
I sed a long rectangular pan for this recipe but you can easily prepare it in a 8 inch round cake pan. You can also use any other baking dish you like, as long as it is a similar size.
I hope you will like this delicious chocolate soy sauce cake with pears! If you've made it, let me know in the comments how it went!
📝 Recipe
Pear Upside Down Cake with Soy Sauce and Chocolate
Ingredients
For the Pears:
- 2 medium pears
- 2 tbsp/ 25 g butter
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce, preferably with less salt
- 1 tbsp/ 15 g granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp/ 30 g dark brown sugar
For the Cake:
- ½ cup/ 100 g granulated sugar
- ¼ cup/ 50 g dark brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 4.2 oz/ 120 g dark chocolate, melted
- ¼ cup/ 60 ml vegetable oil
- ¼ cup/ 50 ml milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp/ 170 g all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp/ 10 g cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 degrees F). Line a long loaf pan with parchment paper and grease very well.
Pears:
- Peel core and cut the pears into thin slices. Arrange the slices very closely on the bottom of the pan to overlap one another.
- In a small saucepan heat butter, the two kinds of sugar and soy sauce. When the mixture starts simmering, lower the heat. Stir and cook 1-2 minutes, until the sugar melts completely.
- Pour the mixture over the pears. Set aside while preparing the batter.
Cake:
- In a bowl combine flour, cocoa and baking powder and stir.
- In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer at high speed beat eggs and the two kinds of sugar until the mixture becomes thick and foamy (about 5 minutes). Add oil, milk, vanilla and soy sauce and beat shortly at a lower speed until combined. Using a rubber spatula, gradually fold in the flour and cocoa mixture. At the end add the melted chocolate, carefully mixing with the spatula until absorbed.
- Pour the batter in the pan, on top of the pears. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean or just with 1-2 crumbs.
- Let the cake cool completely inside the pan. If necessary trim slightly the top in order to become flat.
- Carefully invert the pan over a rectangular serving plate. Remove the pan and the paper (very carefully because the paper will be soaked).
- Keep leftovers refrigerated for 2-3 days.
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