COOKING WITH HONEY - Pear Loaf Cake

Remember these 3 pears which were given to us recently? Well, I wanted to use them in something to bake so I got on line and found this recipe.

Pear Loaf Cake

Grease and flour a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

(I heated my over to 325 because of using honey)

2 medium pears, peeled and cored, chopped(I used these 3 small ones I had)

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Toss chopped pears with lemon juice in a bowl; set aside.

Streusel

1 cup all-purpose flour ( I used 1/2 cup white & 1/2 cup whole wheat)

1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed

4 ounces butter, cold, cut in small pieces

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/3 cup chopped pecans

In another bowl, combine streusel ingredients, except pecans, with a fork until crumbly, or pulse with food processor. Stir in pecans, if using.

Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour (I used 1 cup white & 1 cup whole-wheat)

3/4 cup granulated sugar (I used 1/3 cup because of using honey below)

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

1/2 cup milk, whole or low fat (I used 1/4 cup milk & 1/3 cup honey)

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

4 ounces butter, melted.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; stir to blend.

Whisk eggs in a mixing bowl until blended, stir in milk, vanilla, and butter.

Add to flour mixture and fold with a wooden spoon or spatula just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Spoon half of the batter into prepared loaf pan, spread out to cover the bottom.





Here is 1/2 of the batter in the pan and the other three parts ready.

Sprinkle batter with half of the pears and half of the streusel.

Spool remaining batter evenly over streusel, spreading carefully to cover.

Sprinkle with half of the remaining streusel, the remaining chopped pears and then the remaining streusel.

Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Run a knife carefully around sides; invert the cake onto plate.

Turn the cake, streusel side up, onto a rack and let cook on a rack completely.

Finished product. It was very good.