‘Pumpkin spice and everything nice’
Mr B loves all things about the end of year season. He loves the build up to the holidays, the holiday decorations, candy canes and of course America’s favorite pumpkin spice.
I usually make my own pumpkin spice as I like to play around with the spicing and source my own ingredients. There are also some lovely options for pre-made these days and I lean on and for that I use ‘Simply Organic’.
This recipe make a really beautiful bread, although you may want to think of it as a cake as it does have a sweetness to it. It is fragrant when baking and you get that same fragrance when eating, which is rare.
The pumpkin puree gives a lot of moisture, so it’s a slightly longer bake than you would normally give, but the cake comes out with a lovely soft texture and harder top from the cinnamon sugar crumble.
I’m not as big a fan of the season as my husband. I will try my hardest however to create new memories for Baby B and so hitching onto Mr B’s sentimental exuberance seems like a fun way to go.
This recipe is my starter for 10. Try it, it’s delicious an may put you in the holiday mood too.
Ingredients
- 1 15oz can organic pumpkin puree
- 120ml olive oil or 115g butter (melted)
- 3 large eggs
- 330g cups granulated sugar
- 1.5 tsp. baking powder
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
- ¾ tsp. sea salt
- 2 tsp. pumpkin spice
- 295g GF all-purpose flour
To finish
- 12g granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Butter/grease a 6-cup loaf pan
- In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, oil. Eggs and sugar until smooth
- Sprinkle baking powder. Baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice and whisk till well combined.
- Add the flour and stir with a spoon until completely mixed.
- Scrape into prepared pan and smooth top
- In a small dish, stir the sugar and cinnamon together. sprinkle over the top of the batter.
- Bake the bread for 75 minutes, turning once.
- Use a toothpick to test the cake, it is ready when it comes out clean
- Cool the bread in the tin. This makes sure that the sugar crust top adheres.
If you want more pumpkin ideas. Consider trying my pumpkin pecan granola, sweet potato and pumpkin soup, maple glazed pumpkin donuts and/or pumpkin waffles.
