Pear Almond Cake With Chocolate Chunks

• 1 cup flour
• 1 14 teaspoons baking powder
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 egg white
• 4 ounces unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)
• 2 large pears, peeled and cored and sliced thin
• 12 cup semisweet chocolate chunk
• 12 cup blanched almond, sliced
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Grease and flour a 9 inch cakepan or springform pan.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. In a larger bowl, whisk together 3/4 cup sugar and 2 eggs until pale yellow, about 2 minutes.
5. Whisk in butter.
6. Stir flour mixture in until just combined, don't over-mix.
7. Pour half of the mixture in pan, top with half the pear slices and half the chocolate; then pour the rest of the mixture and top with remaining pears and chocolate.
8. In a food processor, grind 1/4 cup almonds with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar; add egg white and process until smooth.
9. Drizzle almond mixture over cake, then sprinkle with remaining almond slices.
10. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.
11. Let cool slightly, then dust with Confectioners' sugar.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pear-almond-cake-with-chocolate-chunks-390922 (may not work)