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Ingredients
Cake
- butter, for greasing
- 250 g plain flour
- 70 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 eggs
- 200 g buttermilk
- 100 g olive oil
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 200 g red wine
- 270 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces (approx. 1 cm)
Red wine pears
- 2 pears (see Tips) cored and cut into thick wedges (approx. 2 cm)
- 4 tbsp soft dark brown sugar
- 200 g red wine
- 200 g whipped cream, to serve (optional)
- Nutrition
- per 1 slice
- Calories
- 1568.8 kJ / 373.5 kcal
- Protein
- 5.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 43.3 g
- Fat
- 19.7 g
- Saturated Fat
- 9.7 g
- Fibre
- 3.1 g
- Sodium
- 226.6 mg
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