All-In-One Chocolate & Pear Pudding

I absolutely had to save and share this delicious recipe from the SPAR Savour online magazine (July 2017). The thing I love most about it, is it's all done in the food processor and tossed in the oven to bake. Super easy peasy. My kinda baking!

ALL-IN-ONE FOOD PROCESSOR CHOCOLATE & PEAR PUDDING
From SPAR SAVOUR MAGAZINE, July 2017.

SERVES:6
PREP TIME:15 MINUTES
COOKING TIME:20-25 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS:
    1 cup (250 ml) cake flour
    ¼ cup (60 ml) cocoa powder
    125 g SPAR Castor Sugar
    150 g SPAR Salted Butter, cut into small blocks
    1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder
    ½ tsp (2.5 ml) bicarbonate of soda
    2 large eggs
    1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla essence
    3 Tbs (45 ml) milk
    2 x 415 g cans SPAR Pear Halves, drained


TO SERVE:
    SPAR Crème Fraiche or vanilla ice-cream

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place all the ingredients, except the pear halves, in a food processor and blitz until you have a smooth, thick batter.
Spread the batter evenly over the base of a greased 24 cm baking dish.
Arrange the pear halves cut-side down and push them into the batter, allowing the batter to bulge around them.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. (Check at 20 minutes.)
Serve warm, dolloped with crème fraiche or a scoop of ice cream.