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Preheat your oven to 350F and grease an 8 inch loaf pan with butter.
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In a small bowl combine all the dry ingredients (flour through salt).
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In medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Whisk in the yogurt.
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Then, stir in the dry ingredients, a bit at a time, until well blended.
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Finally, use a rubber scraper to fold the oil into the batter until it is fully incorporated.
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Pour about one-third of the batter into the greased loaf pan.
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Sprinkle 2/3 of the pear pieces and the chocolate chunks all over the batter.
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Then, scrape the rest of the batter on top of this and gently spread it smooth.
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Sprinkle the rest of the pear and chocolate over the top of the loaf and gently press all the pieces down into the batter to partially submerge them.
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Bake in the middle of the oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean - 55-60 minutes or so.
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Then, take the cake out of the oven and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake. Carefully turn the cake out of the pan, and then put it upright on a cooling rack to cool the rest of the way. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
