Almond

Pear, Almond and MapleĀ Loaf

March 29, 2012
3
1 Ratings
  • Serves 8-10
Author Notes

A perfect combination of flavors, a soft, delicate crumb and an easy hostess gift should the need arise. The recipe makes two medium loaves so you get to keep one and frankly, I can't think of a better way to use up slightly overripe pears. —foodfanatic

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup maple syrup, grade B if possible
  • 2 cups cake Flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • zest of one orange
  • 3 pears, peeled, cored and quartered ( I used Bartlett because that's what I had on hand )
  • 1/2 cup flaked almonds
  • 1 cup creme fraiche (to serve)
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line one large or 2 medium loaf pans with parchment paper leaving a long overhang on each side.
  2. Beat the eggs and syrup in a mixer until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt and add to the egg mixture. Combine the oil, milk and vanilla extract and add to the batter, mixing until well combined.
  3. Stir in the orange zest and pour the batter into the loaf pans. Push slices of pear into the batter in a row down the center.
  4. Scatter over the flaked almonds and bake until the cake is a deep golden brown and pulling away from the sides of the pan, about 50 -55 minutes. Allow to cool completely and serve with a dollop of creme fraiche

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1 Review

Michaela K. May 1, 2020
I'm not giving this a rave review because while the flavour was awesome I had a lot of problems with the recipe. To begin with no baking time was given???? Also I used natural maple syrup which must have been different that the one used because my completed batter was VERY runny. Consequently I had to bake it longer than I would have expected and it didn't rise as much as it should have. Also I did not get 2 full size loaves from this recipe. I would also recommend cutting the pears a bit smaller