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Tiramisu-style zuppa Inglese

45 minutes

Tiramisu-style zuppa Inglese

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cooking Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

180 g flour
1 t baking powder
½ t bicarbonate of soda
1 cup full-cream yoghurt
150 g sugar
½ cup sunflower oil
1 t vanilla extract

For the vanilla-poached pears:

4 pears, halved lengthways
4 T brown sugar
2 T honey
2 t vanilla paste
1 cup apple juice
1 cup Amaretto or sherry

For the coffee-chocolate crema, mix:

100 g chocolate, melted
4 T espresso
150 g mascarpone

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 20 cm bundt or round cake tin. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the remaining ingredients together for 7 minutes.

2. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet. Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 40 minutes.

3. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a plate. Prick with a fork and spoon over some of the pear poaching liquid.

4. To make the poached pears, place all the ingredients into a saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the pears and simmer the syrup until slightly reduced.

5. Serve the cake with the coffee-chocolate crema and pears.

Cook's note: “This is my take on this classic and plays with the different flavours of coffee and chocolate."

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Photograph: Jan Ras
Food assistant: Bianca Strydom

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