Try making your own spice blend to include in your seasonal bakes. Cardamom, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and mace give this pumpkin bread plenty of flavour and warmth
Ingredients
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375g plain flour
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2tsp. ground cinnamon
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2tsp. fine sea salt
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1tsp. mixed spice
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1tsp. baking powder
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½tsp. bicarbonate of soda
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2 eggs
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1x 425g can pumpkin puree
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2tbsp. freshly grated ginger or ginger substitute (½ tsp. of equal quantities of ground cardamom, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and mace)
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200g caster sugar
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250ml pumpkin oil
- 50g pumpkin seeds mixed with 1tbsp. caster sugar
Method
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Preheat a Miele Oven on Fan Plus at 160˚C. Grease and line a 3lb loaf tin.
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Combine all the dried ingredients in a bowl and whisk well. Set aside.
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Whisk the eggs, pumpkin puree, ginger (or ginger substitute) and sugar in another bowl. Stream the oil in while whisking constantly, until fully incorporated. Gently fold a third of the dried ingredients into the mixture and repeat with the remaining dried ingredients, stirring to combine but being careful not to overmix.
- Transfer the batter into the loaf tin and smooth evenly. Scatter the pumpkin seeds on top and bake in the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before unmoulding and cooling on a wire rack before serving.
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