Chocolate Gingerbread With Warm Pear Sauce |
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Prep Time: 17 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 77 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Chocolate teams with gingerbread for an interesting flavor combo. Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk |
1/2 cup molasses |
3/4 teaspoon baking soda |
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger |
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom |
1/2 cup butter |
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened |
3/4 cup granulated sugar |
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar |
1 large egg |
1 (2-ounce) jar crystallized ginger, finely chopped |
1 cup (6-ounce package) semisweet chocolate morsels |
1/4 cup butter |
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar |
2 (15 1/4-ounce) cans pear halves, drained and chopped |
Directions:
1. Whisk together first 3 ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.
2. Combine flour, salt, ginger, and cardamom; set aside.
3. Beat 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add granulated sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar; beat until creamy. Add egg, and beat until blended. Slowly add buttermilk mixture to butter mixture; beat 2 minutes. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture just until combined. Fold in crystallized ginger and chocolate morsels. Pour mixture into a lightly greased 9-inch square pan.
4. Bake at 350° for 53 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched in center. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
5. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1/4 cup brown sugar, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add pears; cook 5 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring gently to coat. Serve warm sauce over cake.
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