Pear & Halva Crumble Loaf with Pecans
Dec 16, 2024 05:53 AM
This pear and halva crumble loaf with pecans, maple and honey is one of the most delicious loaf cakes I have ever made and is firmly in my best baking recipes repertoire. The recipe which is adapted from Donna Hay has a delicious and not-too-sweet moist crumb and a lovely nutty texture. Made by hand in one bowl, this one is a keeper.
There are times when you cruise around the Internet and stumble across a recipe so enticing that you simply have to make it as soon as possible. This happens to me ALL the time. I wasn’t on the internet as such but rather reading Donna Hay’s mag on my iPad which I subscribe to.
She had me at halva and then pears, and then pecans, and the whole thing sounded so damn delicious I had to get busy. This pear and halva crumble loaf with pecans is absolutely phenomenal and a great base recipe to add a few tweaks.
Go in haste and make this loaf cake. It’s not too sweet and has a lovely soft crumb. It could probably carry more fruit if you wanted, and I for one love my fruitcakes and loaves heavily laden with it.
It’s all made by hand in one bowl making things super easy. The butter is browned first adding amazing nutty flavour and making me wonder why I don’t do this all the time.
This loaf is perfect with a cup of tea and will last for a few days if you have the willpower to let it.
Ingredients:
Loaf
- 100 gms butter
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup maple syrup or 1/4 cup honey or maple if you prefer
- 2 large free-range eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 g halva crumbled
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 – 3 large pears about 500gms in total peeled, cored and chopped
- ½ cup pecans finely chopped
Crumble topping
- 40 gms salted butter melted
- ½ cup pecan/almond flour or regular flour
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar I used muscovado
- 2 Tbsp cocoa nibs
- ¼ cup pecans 30g chopped
- Sprinkle sea salt flakes such as Maldon
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
90 minutes
Total Time:
110 minutes
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