This pumpkin-spice bread with orange zest is the best pumpkin loaf you will ever bake. Moist, soft, with subtle orange notes and the aroma of the season’s spices: ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice…
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Pumpkin Bread or Pumpkin Cake?
Does anybody have this obsession with loaf pans? I adore baking loaf-shaped bread: banana bread, oatmeal cranberry-banana bread, chocolate-cranberry banana bread, gingerbread, Meyer lemon bread with pecans, Meyer lemon pound cake… you name it!
Some of them are more like a cake, but because I bake them in loaf pans, they are an easy treat for breakfast or as a snack. This pumpkin-spice bread falls more into that cakey-ish category.
Not too sweet, the perfect balance between the orange citrus and the spices, makes this pumpkin-spice loaf a hard-to-resist temptation, especially during the fall season.
As some of you may know, I live in Miami. Autumn here is just an entelechy, a dream. But if you want to make that dream come true, there is nothing like baking this easy pumpkin-spice bread.
How to Make Pumpkin-Spice Bread with Orange Zest
All you have to do is:
- Follow Put dry ingredients in a bowl, and whisk them until well combined.
- Cream butter and brown sugar, add the eggs one at a time. and beat them.
- Add orange zest and mix well.
- Add dry ingredients and beat until well combined.
- Add canned pumpkin puré and mix well.
- Bake at 350F for 55 minutes and wait until it cools down to enjoy it.
To make this recipe, you’ll need some utensils and ingredients, including:
- Bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Electric mixer
- Silicon spatula
- Loaf baking pan
- Dark brown sugar
- All-purpose flour
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
- Allspice
- Nutmeg
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Baking Spray
Pumpkin Spice Bread Recipe
Following is the recipe that I slightly adapted from this one I found at Williams-Sonoma.
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Pumpkin-Spice Bread with Orange Zest
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 10 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a bowl, combine all dry ingredients: flour, spices, baking powder, and baking soda. Reserve.
- In another bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one by one, and continue beating 1 minute per egg.
- Add the orange zest and combine.
- Add dry ingredients and beat until well blended.
- Add the pumpkin puree and mix well.
- Spray a loaf pan with baking spray.
- With the help of a silicone spatula, pour the mixture into the pan.
- Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out completely clean.
- Cool completely and unmold.
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I first made this bread back in the fall of 2012. Following are some of my old pics.
