22 chocolate cakes with core Recipes

semisweet chocolate, chopped , or chocolate chips, unsalted butter, sliced, unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, half-and-half, mascarpone cheese, at room temperature, store-bought lb cake , cut into 6 to 8 thick slices, vegetable oil, fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into wedges, shredded coconut, toasted , and/or peanuts, for garnish (optional)

water, honey, vanilla beans , split lengthwise, firm but ripe bosc or bartlett pears, peeled, cored, halved, heavy cream , plus 2 cups, egg yolks, sugar, prepared lb cake, about 12 oz, crusts trimmed, ruby port or marsala wine, fresh or frozen and thawed raspberries, sugar, bittersweet chocolate shavings