Method
- Heat oven to 160c fan, grease & line a 900g loaf tin
- In a stand mixer beat the butter & sugar until light & fluffy
- Beat in the eggs, flour, ground almond, baking powder, cardamom, cinnamon, milk & cocoa until smooth
- Stir in the chocolate chips & diced pears
- Bake for 45 – 50 minutes until risen & a skewer comes out clean
- Cool in the tin before serving
Ingredients
- Softened butter (175g)
- Golden caster sugar (175g)
- 2x eggs
- Self raising flour (140g)
- Ground almonds (85g)
- Baking powder (2g)
- Whole milk (100g)
- Cocoa powder (60g)
- Chocolate chips (50g)
- Diced canned pears (240g)
- Ground cardamom (1g)
- Ground cinnamon (1g)