This will be a wonderful addition to your holiday meal because it is filled with all the tastes of Thanksgiving and Christmas. A delightful holiday dessert made with pumpkin, pecans, orange, cranberries, and of course ginger is so delicious that you’ll want it any time of the year. wonderful as muffins as well.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9×5-inch loaf |
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
- ⅔ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan and lightly dust the bottom with flour.
- Zest the entire orange, avoiding the white (pith). Peel and section the orange and remove all seeds. Chop orange pulp in the bowl of a food processor or blender until fine. Reserve with the zest.
- Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in pumpkin, reserved chopped orange and zest, orange juice, and grated ginger.
- Whisk flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet batter until almost all is moistened, but do not overwork. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans. Turn into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan, on a wire rack, for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on the wire rack before wrapping.
- This can also be made into 18 standard-sized muffins.
- If desired, serve with an orange or rum glaze, applied while still warm.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 354 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 56 g |
| Cholesterol | 51 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 315 mg |
| Sugars | 36 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |