Guest Recipe: Mez's Pumpkin Loaf
Servings: 12
Calories: 263kcal
Equipment
- loaf pan
- baking paper
Ingredients
- 200 g pumpkin diced small
- 2 eggs
- 100 g butter melted (or dairy-free spread)
- 200 g buttermilk or make your own - see tips
- 80 g sour cream or coconut Greek yoghurt
- 50 g maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla paste or vanilla extract
- 140 g caster sugar or sugar or choice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 350 g self raising flour (gluten-free if required - see tips)
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
Instructions
Thermo cooker
- Preheat your fan forced oven to 180°C or 355°F and line a loaf pan with baking paper.
- Add 300 g water to mixer bowl add steaming basket with pumpkin cook for 12 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 3/MC on.
- Discard water and add pumpkin to mixer bowl. Blend for 10 sec/speed 9/MC on. Scape mixer bowl down and repeat.
- Add eggs, buttermilk, butter, sour cream, maple syrup and vanilla. Blend for 10 sec/speed 4/MC on.
- Add remaining dry ingredients and blend for 20 sec/speed 4/MC on. Scape mixer bowl down and repeat.
- Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 45-50 min testing centre is cooked through extend by 5 min if needed.
- Allow to cool before slicing.
Conventional
- Preheat your fan forced oven to 180°C or 355°F and line a loaf pan with baking paper.
- Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and place pumpkin in a steamer basket. Steam for 12 min or until tender.
- Discard water and add pumpkin to a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Add eggs, buttermilk, butter, sour cream, maple syrup and vanilla. Blend for 5 sec or until just smooth.
- In a mixing bowl, add dry ingredients and mix well. Add wet mixture into the mixing bowl and mix to combine.
- Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 45-50 min testing centre is cooked through extend by 5 min if needed.
- Allow to cool before slicing.
Notes
Tip: To make your own buttermilk. Mix 2 tsp vinegar or apple cider vinegar with milk of choice and allow to sit for 5 min.
Low Carb: Omit sugar. Replace flour with almond flour. Use compliant maple syrup. Add 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp bi-carb soda and add an extra egg. Bake at 170°C for 1 hr.
Paleo: Replace flour with almond flour. Use coconut sugar. Add 2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp bi-carb soda and add an extra egg. Bake at 170°C for 1 hr. Make your own buttermilk with almond milk.
Gluten-free tips: Our testers have had success with Woolworths & White Wing GF self raising flour. For our NZ skinnies - do not use Pams brand flour.
Nutrition
Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 182mg | Potassium: 141mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 1737IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg
