Pumpkin, orange and raisin loaf
 
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A delicious treat that is great for lunchboxes or with a cuppa. This was a real hit with our family.
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Recipe type: Baking
Serves: 20
What you'll need
  • 250g unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1 orange, rind and juice
  • a good dash of vanilla essence
  • 4 eggs
  • 425g can of pumpkin
  • 1 cup desiccated coconut
  • 1 cup raisins or sultanas
  • 1Tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 cups self raising flour, sifted
Instructions
  1. Place sugar and orange rind in TM bowl and process 10 seconds on speed 9. Alternatively do this in food processor or manually grate zest and add to sugar.
  2. Add in cubed butter and vanilla essence. Cream together in TM for 20-30 seconds on speed 4. You can do this in a Kitchen Aid, mixer or with a hand mixer.
  3. Add in eggs one at a time. I do this by taking out the measuring cup on my Thermomix with the machine running at speed 4.
  4. Mix well and add in the pumpkin, juice and the coconut. Process 20 seconds speed 4. At this point I moved my huge cake mixture to my Kitchen Aid.
  5. Now add in half the flour, all of the cinnamon and gently combine. I kept my Kitchen Aid on low speed.
  6. Add in the milk, combine again then add in the rest of the flour.
  7. Now you want to add your raisins and I take my bowl off the Kitchen Aid and using a spatula mix in the raisins. Dust them in flour to prevent them from sinking to the bottom.
  8. Line a loaf tin with baking paper and place half the mixture in. Spread the top over with a wet knife.
  9. Place into a preheated oven 170C/350F and bake for at least 50 minutes until a skewer or knife comes out clean. My first loaf took an hour and my 2nd 50 minutes.
  10. Increase your baking time if you are going to bake 2 loaves at the same time or put the whole mixture in one tin. It's a dense loaf so it's going to take time.
  11. Leave to cool before slicing. I couldn't wait that long so sliced off each end for myself and left it to cool on the rack.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2012/10/28/pumpkin-orange-and-raisin-loaf/