Description
You can try this moist loaf with an orange cream spread, butter, or leave plain. For a variation, try substituting dates for the raisins.
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- ⅓ cup butter, softened
- 1 ⅓ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- ⅓ cup water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup chopped raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Cut orange into wedges
- and remove seeds. Place orange
- peel and all
- in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped; set aside.
- In a large bowl
- cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time
- then stir in the pumpkin
- water
- and the ground orange. Mix together flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- cinnamon
- and cloves. Stir into batter just until moistened. Stir in nuts and raisins. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven
- or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes
- then remove from pan
- and cool on a wire rack.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 12