Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for blueberry and halva loaf | The sweet spot

In this blueberry-studded cake, halva melts into the batter during baking to give it a velvety crumb and a hint of sesame My local Turkish grocers have about half an aisle devoted to halva. There are tubs and tubs of the stuff, in all manner of flavours from almond and vanilla to pistachio and chocolate, and I like to pick up a different type each time I go. I use halva in bakes and, of course, I eat it neat, too. In today’s loaf, I’ve used a vanilla one that, as the cake bakes, melt