About This Cake:
- Pumpkin / Chocolate marble
- moist loaf cake
- cocoa powder for chocolate flavour
- pumpkin pie puree Not pie filling
- pumpkin spices!
- super simple steps!
This loaf cake is a must try if you love the pumpkin season…. but also love chocolate! moist inside and gently crunchy on-top; its simply a must bake.
Recipe note: How to make DIY Pumpkin spice mix!
If you don’t already have some, no worries! it’s super simple. Just mix the following and you’ll have more than enough!
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon all spice
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
| Prep Time | Bake Time | Yields |
| 10 minutes | ~1 hour | 1 standard loaf pan |
The Recipe:
Marble Pumpkin Loaf
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup milk
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin puree, not pie filling
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour,
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F and parchment line or grease a loaf pan. set aside.
In a large bowl combine the first six ingredients : sugar, eggs, melted butter, milk, and pumpkin puree. Whisk together until a smooth and cohesive batter appears. It should be orange!
Next, in a medium bowl sift together the dry ingredients and whisk. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. (see note about the spices)
Once done, pour the dry batter into the wet and mix together until a smooth and lump free batter appears. Take half the batter in a medium bowl and stir in the cocoa powder.
Lastly, scoop or pour alternating batters into the loaf pan and take a butter knife to swirl then gently before baking.
Bake for ~50-55 minutes or until golden on-top with a toothpick coming out clean from the centre.
Let cool, slice, eat & Enjoy!
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