Pumpkin Loaf – There’s nothing spooking about this pumpkin loaf

It’s pumpkin season all over the world and pumpkin goes with everything. There are pumpkin salads, pumpkin-spiced lattes and the favourite pumpkin pie. But did you know that you can make a pumpkin loaf too? Our Pumpkin Loaf recipe is delicious and perfect for Halloween season. You can serve slices with tea, as a dessert or snack at home or to your friends.

Pumpkin is a very versatile vegetable which fits very well into almost any type of meal. Butternut soup as a starter, in a salad or roasted with a main. But we love it as a sweet treat too. Our Pumpkin Loaf is light and fluffy with a great combination of sweet and savoury flavours. Each slice can be eaten without any toppings, however, a smear of butter or a dollop of sweetened cream cheese or whipped cream turns this pumpkin loaf into the best alternative loaf out there.

Find your comfiest seat, take a sip of your pumpkin-spiced latte and have a bite of this delicious pumpkin loaf for the best sweet treat out there.

Pumpkin Loaf Recipe

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Recipe by Melissa Jacobs Course: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

Medium loafs

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

45

minutes

Total time

1

hour 

Ingredients

• 1½ cups 1½ flour

• 1 tsp 1 baking soda

• 1 tsp 1 ground nutmeg

• ½ tsp ½ ground cloves

• ½ tsp ½ baking powder

• ½ tsp ½ salt

• 4 4 eggs

• 1 cup 1 white sugar

• ¼ cup ¼ light brown sugar

• ¾ cup ¾ vegetable oil

• 1 cup 1 diced pumpkin

• ½ tsp ½ vanilla essence

Method

• Mix the eggs and sugar together. Add the eggs and oil.
• Add the dry ingredients.
• Add the pumpkin. Pour the mixture into 2 greased medium bread tins.
• Bake at 180 °C for 30 minutes.
• Optional: Serve the pumpkin loaf topped with sweetened cream cheese.

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