With a small tweak, this is a typical Indian pilaf dish. This recipe is delicious because it combines vibrant vegetables with flavorful spices.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 2 loaves |
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 3 cups white sugar
- 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups pumpkin
- ¾ cup canola oil
- ⅔ cup milk
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ⅔ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice, or as needed
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- 1 cinnamon stick, freshly grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour 2 loaf pans.
- Combine flour, white sugar, orange zest, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and ginger in a bowl.
- Beat eggs in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add pumpkin, oil, milk, and 1/4 cup orange juice; beat on medium speed until combined. Add the flour mixture in 2 batches, blending well after each addition. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Turn loaves onto a rack to finish cooling, about 20 minutes more.
- Mix confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice, and 2 teaspoons orange juice until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle over the bread. Top with freshly grated cinnamon.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 354 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 60 g |
| Cholesterol | 42 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 355 mg |
| Sugars | 40 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made it in two parts as directions but added walnuts and pecans to the second one. Family loved it.
This bread turns out moist and delicious. I used fresh pumpkin (cooked pumpkins used for decorating at Halloween!) instead of canned.
Nice texture, with a tasty zest!
Overall this is very good, with a nice balance of orange and pumpkin flavors, however it does need some tweaking to be 5 star. 3 cups of sugar was far too sweet for this family, next time will start with 2 cups and work up. Will also sub at least some applesauce for all the oil. I found that this needed two 9 x 5 loaf pans or 3 standard loaf pans (cleaning spillage out of the oven isn’t high on my fun to do list) This is something I will definitely make again. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m digging the zest!