Ingredients

- 200g of flour

- 80g amaretti biscuits

- 120g butter

- 180g of dark chocolate

- 4 eggs

- 100g sugar

- 1 teaspoon of baking powder

- 1 or 2 cans of pears

- powdered sugar (to decorate)

Preheat the oven at 180°C (360F). Divide the egg whites from the yolks.

Whip the egg whites and, when they get soft, add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar (about 50g). Continue to whip for a few more min.

Melt the chocolate in a small pot with the butter at very low heat, or put a pan with boiling water under your pot.

In another bowl mix the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar until you get a soft and fluffly mixture. Add the chocolate mixture and mix.

Using a food processor mince the amaretti biscuits and add them in the bowl.

Add the flour and the baking powder and mix.

Add the egg whites and mix gently until they merge.

Strain the pears from the cans. Spread some butter in a long and short cake pan (use loaf pans or plum cake pan). Add half of the dough to make the first layer of the cake.

Place the pears on the layer. Cover the pears with the other half of the dough.

Cook in the oven at 180°C (360F) for 40 min. Let it cool at room temperature before to take out the plum cake from the pan. Spread some powdered sugar on top.

Serve cold.