Pumpkin bread

Pumpkin bread
Make this moist, cake-like pumpkin bread for a seasonal treat. Best served thickly sliced with butter or a drizzle of maple syrup, and a cup of tea.

  • Preparation and cooking time
    • Prep:25 mins – 30 mins
    • Cook:1 hr
  • Easy
  • Cuts into 10 slices

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving
HighlightNutrientUnit
kcal351
fat15g
saturates9g
carbs52g
sugars24g
fibre1g
protein4g
low insalt0.69g

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Ingredients

  • 175g butter, melted
  • 140g clear honey
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 250g raw peeled pumpkin, or butternut squash, coarsely grated (about 500g/1lb 2oz before peeling and seeding)
  • 100g light muscovado sugar
  • 350g self-raising flour
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar

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Method

  • STEP 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base and two long sides of a 1.5kg loaf tin with a strip of baking paper.

  • STEP 2

    Mix the butter, honey and egg and stir in the pumpkin or squash. Then mix in the sugar, flour and ginger.

  • STEP 3

    Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle the top with the demerara sugar. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until risen and golden brown. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Serve thickly sliced and buttered.

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