Wonderful pumpkin recipe. I made 12 big muffins and used muffin liners instead of making the loaf. I baked for 25 minutes and they were perfect. I like to freeze them and then thaw one out at a time so I can bring them to work for lunch. I didn't add the extra nuts on top or put the glaze on them either and I didn't even miss it. Taste best when heated.
Giving this only four stars because the spice amounts are wrong. Should be 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp. ground ginger, and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves. My mother made this for years, recipe came from a pumpkin company. With the correct spice mix, this is a 5 star recipe.
This was really good. It was easy to make and we really enjoyed it. I've made it a couple of times now and one of them I substituted the chocolate chips with raisins. Very yummy that way too. Made the house smell wonderful!
Wow! My house smelled great while I was baking this! I substituted raisins for the chocolate chips. This makes a big heavy delicious loaf of bread. Thanks Marsha!
My husband was very excited about this cake until I told him it had pumpkin in it. Then his face fell. I wasn't looking forward to his reaction to the cake as I'd already suffered criticism over dinner but when he tasted it he just went crazy. It was like he couldn't stop eating it. We finished over half the loaf that night. It's the best cake I've ever tasted and I wouldn't change a thing. Oh wait I did change a couple of things. I used brown sugar instead of white and left out the chocolate chips and walnuts because I wanted a more gingerbread-like flavour. I also added 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 2 tsp baking powder as I didn't have any baking soda. I think next time I may add raisins in place of the chocolate chips and walnuts. I think they'd go well with the taste.
Good except to much nutmeg. We used raisings instead of choc chips also. Will make again with less nutmeg & salt. Would add a little more cinnamon.
My house smelled wonderful as this was baking. Have made this several times. I now add a bit more pumpkin and use mini chocolate chips. The larger chips were too much chocolate. Good for brunch.
I may add a little more sugar next time as it wasn't quite sweet enough for me. I prefer pumpkin breads sweeter. Great glaze! Overall lots of flavor and it was good.
This is one of my favorite holiday breads my mom would make it every year and I would gobble it up. We always wait until the next day to cut it- so it would set. The other thing we do is lighten up the glaze by using milk instead. That way the glaze would not be sticky and we can wrap it up for gift giving.
Disappointing! Dry too much salt not sweet enough and could use some cinnamon in the batter. This recipe is more like a quickbread than a cake. I won't bake it again!
