French Chocolate Pear Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup flour, plus
3 tablespoons flour
6 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup applesauce
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 (32 ounce) can pear halves in natural juice, drained and cubed

Preparation

Spray a 9 or 10\" pan, ideally a springform, with cooking spray.
Combine egg whites, sugar and vanilla, add and stir in cocoa, flour and baking powder.
Stir in apple sauce.
Carefully stir in the cubed pears, (count out 6 half-pears, eat any extras).
Pour batter into greased pan and bake at 350\u00b0 for about 45 minutes.
Cool and unmold, dust with cocoa and/or powdered sugar to decorate.