Spiced chocolate pear cake
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This is one of my favorite holiday desserts. With the spices and the candied ginger it has a distinct holiday flavor but thanks to the pears it is not too rich after an opulent meal. <br />In the rare years when the groundhogs don't decide to eat all the pears from our two pear trees, I make this cake with pears I have canned myself. Otherwise I gently poach peeled firm pear halves in light syrup (2 parts water, 1 part sugar) with some strips of organic lemon peel until they can be pierced with a sharp knife. <br />The opinions in my family are divided whether this cake should be served with whipped cream or vanilla ice-cream. I personally like it plain, too.
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