22 Street Lane Nursery - Dish of the Month

November 2026 Dish of the Month Recipe

Halloween Spiced Pumpkin Loaf

Ingredients: • 200g/7oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing • 50g/3.5oz caster sugar • 50g/3.5oz soft light brown sugar • 3 free-range eggs • 200g/7oz self-raising flour

• 1 lemon, zest only • 1 tsp baking powder • 2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 2 tsp ground ginger • pinch grated nutmeg • 100g/3.5oz tinned pumpkin purée • 2 tbsp demerara sugar

Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin with baking paper. 2. Place the butter and both sugars in a large bowl and beat until smooth and pale. Scrape down the bowl so everything is combined and gradually beat in the eggs, one at a time. 3. Add the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and fold in until you have a smooth batter. Beat in the pumpkin purée. 4. Tip the cake mixture into the loaf tin and level the surface. Evenly sprinkle over the demerara. 5. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. 6. Leave to cool completely in the tin before serving and finish garnish with Halloween glaze and decorations of your choice.