Happy pumpkin week! Or happy countdown to Hallowe’en week. I hope everyone has plans to carve a pumpkin before Friday night. I’m going round to a friends house for the festivities and have been instructed to bring a pre-carved pumpkin to go on display so I better get planning! Not that I’m making it competitive or anything…
The theme for our Hallowe’en get together is witches so I’m going as Sabrina the Teenage Witch! Cop out? Maybe, but I just want to break out my 90’s choker and find a stuffed, talking cat. There will also have to be some creepy baking on. I had a lot of fun making edible blood for a Game of Thrones cake a couple of weeks go so I’ll need to work that in somehow.
Anyway, back to todays offering. Last week I showed you how to make your own pumpkin puree, well this week I’m going to show you what to do with it! First up is a loaf cake which celebrates my absolute favourite (overpriced) caffinated beverage, the Starbucks PSL (pumpkin spice latte for those not in the know).
The loaf batter is lightly spiced and the pumpkin puree adds a subtle flavour and keeps the cake moist, much like banana in a banana loaf. I wanted the coffee flavour to pack a solid punch so I mixed up a streusel mix with sugar spices and ground coffee which is layered throughout the loaf. This looks pretty but also means you get a strong hit of spiced coffee flavour. (more…)