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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal351
  • fat15g
  • saturates9g
  • carbs52g
  • sugars24g
  • fibre1g
  • protein4g
  • salt0.69g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base and two long sides of a 1.5kg loaf tin with a strip of baking paper.

  • step 2

    Mix the butter, honey and egg and stir in the pumpkin or squash. Then mix in the sugar, flour and ginger.

  • step 3

    Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle the top with the demerara sugar. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until risen and golden brown. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Serve thickly sliced and buttered.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2002

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Overall rating

A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.85 ratings

ilovecake2468

I made this using butternut squash, I also swapped the melted butter for 150g of oil. It is perfect

bartholemew gyatticus

diddy oil

FrogPublic0206

This recipe didn’t work at all; completely raw in middle and overcooked on top. Had to throw in bin, very disappointing.

bartholemew gyatticus

i agree i was trash

derpkitty

I don't know what is causing issues for everyone else but I've made this many times and I've never had an issue. I always use musquee de provence pumpkin. I never leave it to dry or anything. I always make two batches so I can enjoy it all winter and it's absolutely wonderful. I look forward to…

karenturner48884

I have just made this today with fresh pumpkin and apple I used two eggs as mine are small, I also added 20 gms of flour more than the recipe, not on purpose but I thought with the little bit of extra egg it wouldn’t hurt. It took 1 hour to cook in a gas oven no fan and is delicious and moist. I…

vedabeeharry7659565

Having read the reviews, I was dubious about trying this. I grated the pumpkin and left this overnight on kitchen paper towels in the fridge to attempt to eliminate some moisture. Having put this to bake, the loaf was still undercooked after 2 hours in a 160c fan oven and a third hour sat in a…

bartholemew gyatticus

butternut squash works

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