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Pumpkin Cake

September 27, 2012 By Spoonful of Sugar - 9 Comments

Pumpkin, Sultana, and Coconut Loaf Cake is a favourite at our place. The mashed pumpkin makes for a moist cake, and the sultanas and coconut add to the texture. With the mashed pumpkin it is somewhat healthy and it makes for a great lunch box treat.
Loaf cakes are great for giving – they can be easily wrapped in waxed paper, brown paper and string. We found some loaf sized baking liners at Target recently which were perfect for presentation.

Pumpkin Cake
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
75 mins
Total time
1 hour 30 mins
 
Pumpkin, coconut and sultana loaf cake - healthy and delicious!
Author: Lisa
Recipe type: Cakes
Cuisine: Baking
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 125 g (1 stick) butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1½ cups mashed pumpkin
  • 1½ cups self raising flour
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ cup sultanas (raisins) with 1 tablespoon flour added to stop them sinking
Instructions
  1. Cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in coconut and mashed pumpkin. Fold in remaining ingredients and mix well.
  2. Spread mixture into a lined large loaf tin (15 x 25 cm) and bake for 65 – 75 minutes in a moderate oven, until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  3. Served sliced, with or without butter.
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Pumpkin cake is healthy and delicious!

If you love Pumpkin recipes, you can find our recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Muffins over here.

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: pumpkin, vegetable

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Comments

  1. Malen says

    September 27, 2012 at 1:18 am

    Esta receta tiene muy buena presencia.Lo voy a hacer este fin de semana haber como me sale.Gracias por compartir la receta.Besos.Malen.

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  2. Jan says

    September 27, 2012 at 1:36 am

    Yum!

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  3. Annabellouise says

    September 27, 2012 at 2:02 am

    I have lots of pumpkin in the freezer from my crop last year. Will definitely make this soon, Looks delicious.

    Reply
  4. Pauline says

    September 27, 2012 at 6:25 am

    love the presentation of the cake, it looks great.as does everything you do…cheers

    Reply
  5. Nicole says

    September 27, 2012 at 6:40 am

    this looks delicious! i love the way you packaged it too!

    Reply
  6. ~ko says

    September 27, 2012 at 8:04 am

    Sigh……yes please! I think my little loves will be waking up to this Saturday morning! Thank you for the recipe 🙂

    Reply
  7. Pixelsnpieces.com says

    September 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm

    That looks awesome, love the details in your styling too. Makes all the difference.

    Reply
  8. Pixelsnpieces.com says

    September 30, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    P.S Your ‘Your Ad Here’ sponsor tile link is broken.

    Reply
  9. NOWACRAFT says

    October 1, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    Çok leziz görünüyor.Sunum da harika. çok beğendim.

    Reply

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