Mini Pear Cakes

Making the recipe

For 16 cakes, with the SILIKOMART “GLOBE 26” & “STONE 85” moulds

  • SHORTBREAD

    Ingrédients

    Butter – 150g
    Icing sugar – 120g
    Whole eggs – 60g
    T45 flour – 300g
    Salt – 1.5g

    Soften the butter.
    Add the icing sugar and eggs.
    Finish by adding the flour and fine salt.
    Place the dough in the fridge for 1 hour.
    Roll out the dough to 2.5mm thickness.
    Leave to rest in the fridge and then cut.
    Bake in the oven at 180°C between two perforated silicone sheets until golden.
    Set aside.

  • ALMOND SPONGE

    Ingrédients

    Icing sugar – 92.5g
    Ground almonds – 92.5g
    Whole eggs – 185g
    T45 flour – 35g
    Baking powder – 2g
    Melted butter – 55g

    In the mixing bowl, using the whisk, beat the whole eggs with the icing sugar and the ground almonds.
    Add the sieved flour and baking powder.
    Finish by adding the melted butter.
    Spread onto a baking tray and bake at 170°C until golden.
    Set aside.

  • PEAR CREAM

    Ingrédients

    Les vergers Boiron Pear puree – 500g
    Water – 150g
    Les vergers Boiron Lemon puree – 15g
    Caster sugar – 185g
    Pectin NH – 11g
    Cornflour – 33g
    Butter – 90g

    Mix the dry ingredients together.
    Heat the purees with the water.
    Sprinkle in the dry ingredients and boil for 2 minutes.
    Remove from the heat, cool to 50°C and add the butter.
    Mix with a hand blender.
    Fill the “GLOBE 26” moulds.
    Set aside for the assembly.

  • PEAR FOAM

    Ingrédients

    Pear cream – 500g
    Double cream 35% – 400g
    Gelatin mass – 24g

    Smooth the cream with a whisk.
    Add the melted gelatin.
    Gently blend in the whipped cream.
    Set aside for the assembly.

Assembly

Fill each “GLOBE 26” mould with white peach cream and freeze. Once frozen, remove each insert from the mould.
Cut 16 almond sponges using a cutter.
Pipe the foam to half the height of each Silikomart “STONE 85” mould.
Place an insert on top and smooth.
Add a sponge biscuit to finish and freeze.
Remove from the mould then, using the stencil, spray each cupcake with a 1:1 mixture of white chocolate and cocoa butter, with fat-soluble red colouring.
Freeze.
Glaze with a neutral glaze.
Place crumble all around the glaze.
Place on top of the shortbread.

Thibault Marchand

Thibault MARCHAND

Thibault Marchand, a renowned pastry chef with a passion for challenges, has made his mark on the world of patisserie with his exceptional skills and competitive spirit.
With no less than 15 competitions under his belt at just 30 years old, Thibault Marchand loves a challenge, and is known for his determination and perfectionism.

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