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Whole gingerbread with brown crumbs, containing three small pears. A cut at the end shows the light body of a buried pear; the tips of two other pears pop out at the top, without stems or leaves.
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Gingerbread with three hidden pears

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

Three small whole pears, peeled and hollowed out, appear in the spicy cake when sliced.

Cake long containing three small vertical pears / Honey paste with baking powder

10Indicative portions
30 minPreparation
1 h 15Baking
12 hRest & Cooling
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The standing pears are embedded in the dough of a longer mold; a partial longitudinal cut reveals their silhouettes without stems or seeds.

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Preparation

  1. Heat the oven to 160 °C. Butter and line a cake pan of 26 x 11 cm, 8 cm high, with a capacity of at least 2 liters. Peel the pears, remove the tail and then the seeds by the base with an apple vacuum; flatten their base very slightly to stabilize them.
  2. Gently warm the milk with the honey, brown sugar and butter. Stir, then leave to cool below 40 °C. Stir in the egg.
  3. Mix flour, baking powder, spices and salt. Pour the liquids gradually and stir just enough to see no more flour.
  4. Spread a 1 cm dough bottom in the pan. Place the three pears upright, spaced in length. Pour the rest around, without exceeding three-quarters of the mould; if the pears are larger, cook the excess dough in a small ramekin apart.
  5. Bake 65 to 75 minutes; probe the cookie between the pears, not the fruit. Cover with baking paper if the top goes dark. The dough should be cooked, the pear tender.
  6. Wait 20 minutes before unmolding. Cool for 2 hours then keep cool overnight. Cut a thick slice by passing through the center of a pear to show surprise.

Preserve and Serve

48 hours in the refrigerator, well covered; let the slices return to room temperature for 15 minutes.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
  • Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
  • Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.

Substitutions and variations

You can choose a sweeter or more full-bodied honey, keeping the indicated amount. Replacing honey with dry sugar, on the other hand, requires a review of the recipe.

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