Cranberry and Pumpkin Cake

Cranberry and Pumpkin Cake

A sweet, tasty and crumbly delight. Served warm with ice cream or cream cheese and walnuts, this unusual and delicious cranberry and pumpkin cake will be popular with the family!

Clock Image 1 hours 50 minutes
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

1
250 g plain flour
10 ml baking soda
10 ml baking powder
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
100 g dark brown sugar
150 ml vegetable oil
3 medium eggs (beaten)
300 g soft cooked pumpkin (cut into small cubes)
75 fresh or dried cranberries

Steps

STEP 1

Sieve the flour, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl with the pumpkin pie spice.

STEP 2

Mix in the brown sugar and make a well in the centre.

STEP 3

Add the oil and beaten eggs. Beat well until all the ingredients are combined. Stir in the cooked pumpkin and cranberries.

STEP 4

Remove the kneading blade from the bread pan and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment.

STEP 5

Place the mixture in the bread pan, being careful to ensure that the mixture is inside the baking parchment.

STEP 6

Select bake only program and enter 55 minutes on the timer.

STEP 7

After baking test with a skewer to see if the cake is cooked. If the cake does require extra time, select the bake only program again and enter a further 3 – 5 minutes on the timer. If it is still just slightly sticky this will cook through during the stand period.

STEP 8

Take the bread pan out of the bread maker using oven gloves. Leave to stand for 5 – 10 minutes before removing from the bread pan and allowing to cool.

STEP 9

Decorate the top of the cake with a layer of cream cheese topping and decorate with walnuts.

Enjoy