Chocolate and red wine cake with pears

Cake

• butter for greasing
• 250 g plain flour
• 70 g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 250 g caster sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 eggs
• 200 g buttermilk
• 100 g olive oil
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• 200 g red wine
• 270 g dark chocolate broken into pieces (approx. 1 cm)

Red wine pears

• 2 pears (see Tips) cored and cut into thick wedges (approx. 2 cm)
• 4 tbsp soft dark brown sugar
• 200 g red wine
• 200 g whipped cream to serve (optional)