Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Loaf

[cookie1]

Dark Chocolate and Pumpkin Loaf
Makes 10-12 slices
Ingredients
1˝cups caster sugar
250g cooked pumpkin
˝ cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup water
1 3/4 cups plain flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
˝ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
180g good cooking chocolate. I used Lindt 70% roughly chopped.
˝ cup walnuts, chopped roughly
Preparation
Preheat oven to 160⁰C
Grease and  line a medium loaf tin.
Place sugar, pumpkin, oil, water and eggs. Speed 3-4 until smooth.
Add flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt.   until incorporated.
I added the chocolate and walnuts by hand. I just stirred them in with a spatula.
Place into the prepared loaf tin.
Bake for approximately 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.
Leave 15 minutes before turning out.
This can be toasted but I like it as it is.
Photo

Next time I make this I think I will reduce the amount of chocolate s little. I slice this, wrap it in glad wrap and freeze. It only takes a short time to defrost.  I was given the recipe when a new Jamaica Blue coffee shop opened near me and they were serving this. They don't seem to serve it any more.

[goldfish]

Thanks, Cookie . . would love to try this.  Printed off and clipped to the "to do" file!!  Thank goodness they gave you the recipe when they did!!

[Cornish Cream]

This sounds delicious Cookie. I wonder why they stopped serving it at the coffee shop

[cookie1]

Just remembered to put the photo in. I don't know CC. I think Lindt may have been sponsoring them at the beginning as you were always given a small Lindt chocolate as well.

[judydawn]

Looks delicious Cookie. I love the old fashioned pumpkin fruit cake but I bet this is equally as good. They probably gave that recipe to so many people that no-one bought it anymore - why would you when you could make it yourself