Spiced Pumpkin Loaf with Maple Glaze
Chilly fall mornings call for Spiced Pumpkin Loaf with Maple Glaze. The essence of fall in a moist, warmly spiced loaf cake, this pumpkin loaf will soon be a yearly favorite, perfect with your morning coffee or your afternoon cuppa as a pick-me-up treat.
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 6-cup loaf pan or 9 x 5 loaf pan I used Nordic Ware's Harvest Bounty Pan
Ingredients
Spiced Pumpkin Loaf
- 1 1/ 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/ 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/ 2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/ 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/ 2 teaspoon salt
- 3/ 4 cup sugar
- 3/ 4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/ 2 cup butter melted and slightly cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1/ 4 cup milk
Maple Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 - 2 tablespoons milk or half and half thinning to desired consistency
Instructions
To make loaf:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prep pan brushing nooks and crannies with cake release or use baking spray containing flour.
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, soda, spices and salt, set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugars, vanilla, pumpkin, eggs and butter until smooth.
- Add flour mixture and milk and combine all ingredients. Pour the batter into prepared pan. Tap pan on counter gently to remove bubbles.
- Bake until done 45-60 minutes or until loaf is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool cake on rack for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
- Mix Maple Glaze, pour over cooled cake.
Maple Glaze
- Whisk together pumpkin pie spice with sugar.
- Add maple syrup and milk, 1 tablespoon at time, until reaching desired consistency.
- Pour glaze over cooled loaf. Use pastry brush if desired, to thoroughly cover acoverall the pumpkin details on top of loaf. Allow glaze to set before cutting.
Notes
- May substitute a 9 x 5 loaf pan for Harvest Bounty Pan
- Use Cinnamon/Sugar to dust loaf as an alternative to Maple Glaze
- To make gluten free, use King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour.
- Baking times will vary depending on pans and your oven. Oven temperatures vary widely, depending on brand, age, whether electric or gas and it’s not unusual for an oven to run 25 - 50 degrees hotter or colder. Preheat your oven at least 20 minutes and know your oven and its hot spots. Use an inexpensive oven thermometer to monitor your oven’s temperature. Nordic Ware’s recipe says loaf baking times are 40 – 50 minutes, mine too 1 hour and 5 minutes to bake. Shield top of loaf with foil to prevent overbrowning if needed for longer baking time.
- To make Cake Release: