This is one of favourite desserts at the moment. I am not a huge fan of fresh pears, but love them poached. I know the sophisticated, gourmand thing to do is to poach the pears in red wine… but sometimes, chocolate sauce can do the trick.
This dessert is the best winter comfort food, and is relatively quick, easy and inexpensive to make.
I get excited at the start of every winter, because I can make soup again! This is one I always look forward to making again. The coconut flavour works so well with the sweet potato.
STOP! Stop what you are doing, turn on the oven, and bake this cake. It is delicious! It has a biscuit like base and cherry centre, and is just more-ish. I have to admit it is quite a bit of effort to make…but well worth it. I found the recipe in delicious (care of Maggie Beer) – although tweaked it a little so I could use real dark chocolate instead of cocoa. I made this for the first time on the weekend, and will be making it again this weekend… if I can wait that long!
