Chestnut, Chocolate Almond Cake With Spiced Pears

Author: Niki Webster

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Chestnut, Chocolate Almond Cake With Spiced Pears

If you’re not a fan of Christmas pudding but want something sweet to finish off your festive feast then this superbly tasty festive vegan chestnut cake with chocolate, almond and spiced pears is guaranteed to delight your guests. Almonds give it a lovely moist, dense texture whilst chocolate and spiced pears combine together to encapsulate the best flavours of Christmas cuisine in cake form.

Total Time: 1 hour

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Servings: 12

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 12

Ingredients

Method

Ingredients

(Servings: 12)

  • For the cake;
  • 0.25 0.25 Tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 16.666666666667 16.666666666667 ml almond milk
  • 16.666666666667 16.666666666667 g ground almonds
  • 4.1666666666667 4.1666666666667 g buckwheat flour
  • 4.1666666666667 4.1666666666667 g raw cacao
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp baking powder
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp mixed spice
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp ground ginger
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 0.25 0.25 Tbsp coconut sugar or brown sugar
  • 15 15 g cooked chestnuts chopped
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1 pitted Medjool dates
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp almond essence
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 pear, chopped
  • For the pear glaze;
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp mixed spice
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 tsp cinnamon
  • 0.083333333333333 0.083333333333333 Tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 0.16666666666667 0.16666666666667 tsp maple syrup
  • For the toppings;
  • sliced almonds

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to gas mark 4/180c
  2. Firstly mix the oil, vinegar and almond milk in a jug, set aside.
  3. Now add all the dry ingredients to a large bowl. Mix to combine thoroughly.
  4. Pop the chestnuts, dates, almond & vanilla essence and pear into your food processor and blitz for 1-2 minutes until you get a smoothish paste.
  5. Now transfer to the dry mix along with the milk mix and stir to combine everything well.
  6. Spoon the batter into your cake tin. I used a 21cm loose-bottomed tin (I wet my hands and pressed the mix into the sides).
  7. Slice the pears thinly then lay them on the top of the cake mix.
  8. Press down a little.
  9. Mix the glaze then brush onto the pears.
  10. Bake for 45 minutes on gas mark 4/180c or until the cooked through.

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Written by

Niki Webster

Niki Webster's online platform, Rebel Recipes, has expanded into a loyal community of food-based fans across the globe; its recipes have spilt over into two best-selling books: Rebel Recipes and Be More Vegan, and a Podcast entitled 'What the Focaccia'.

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