I left out the cranberries from this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. I couldn’t find fresh or frozen ones anywhere! To be honest, fresh cranberries are not something I see too often in our stores. Plenty of dried cranberries! Especially Craisins! They’re actually very popular as a healthy snack. But no fresh ones, so I left them out!
I’m also writing this waiting in line to go on the Arkham Asylum ride at movie world on Queensland’s Gold Coast…
So it’s going to be short n sweet!
I didn’t particularly like this bread.
I was excited to make it, baking with pumpkin isn’t a big Aussie thing (unless I’m missing something?)! I love the idea of desserts with pumpkin! We tend to keep pumpkin as something you serve alongside a meal or in a salad. So this recipe was new and exciting for me!
Having said that I found the taste bland. Maybe more sugar would have helped? I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s tips once we get back!
Rebecca has the full recipe for you at This Bountiful Backyard if you’d like to check it out!
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October 2, 2012 at 8:19 am
Delicious! My kids and I made homemade pumpkin pie and we’re very proud lol. I had to blog about it! http://bit.ly/SyrRzM
October 2, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Looks like you are having much more fun than I am! Enjoy.
We enjoyed the bread–fresh cranberries give it a fun tang. I like all things pumpkin but I have not had it in a salad. Pumpkin is usually the base of a dessert at our house. My kids love pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin pie. Pumpkin cheesecake is wonderful.
Have a great day.
October 3, 2012 at 12:12 am
You made a perfect loaf with perfect slices!
October 3, 2012 at 12:13 am
Hope you had a fun weekend! I haven’t been to an amusement park in forever. Baking with pumpkin is super awesome – try making some pumpkin quick bread or muffins and I think you’ll get the taste you’re looking for. I miss eating pumpkin the way you do – I did a semester in NZ and my host parents made roast pumpkin almost every night with dinner. Yum! We don’t have the same kind of pumpkins here – I’ve tried to replicate it. I made them a pumpkin pie once when I was there and they were amazed by how good it was because they’d never eaten pumpkin that way.
October 3, 2012 at 12:17 am
I didn’t really like this one either. I think pumpkin is ok, but you can’t taste it here. All I could taste is the cranberries and they were too strong.
October 3, 2012 at 4:43 am
The pumpkin flavor was definitely subtle. My family enjoyed it, even with dried sweetened cranberries. 🙂
October 3, 2012 at 4:55 am
I agree–the flavor was pretty much the same as raisin bread. Your’s looks great though!
October 3, 2012 at 6:24 am
Your loaf looks beautiful but it’s a pity you did not like this bread. Try to add some more sugar and make it sweeter, in my opinion it’s better.
October 3, 2012 at 8:46 am
It’s funny how differently pumpkin is used across the globe. I have a hard time thinking of it as a savory item 🙂
Your bread came out beautifully.
October 3, 2012 at 10:07 am
Your loaf is beautiful. This did not have enough pumpkin flavor for my liking. I too thought it was on the bland side. I was thinking more salt? Then again I used Kosher salt…
October 3, 2012 at 10:15 am
Wow! You are writing while waiting for all that fun? I think the cranberries and raisins really added the sweetness because my bread turned out sweeter than I expected. Great baking with you! Blessings, Catherine http://www.praycookblog.com
October 4, 2012 at 1:25 am
I think cranberries are an acquired taste. I wish I had chopped mine a bit to disperse the flavor more, your breads are beautiful!
October 4, 2012 at 6:42 am
I think you needed the cranberries for flavor. They really added zing and a nice contrast to the slightly sweet loaf.
October 4, 2012 at 4:53 pm
The warm color of your Pumpkin Loaf is wonderful – I could not find fresh cranberries anywhere around here either and opted for dried ones as well as dried cherries – we also toasted a few slices and ate them slathered with butter – maybe that helps the taste along a bit.
October 6, 2012 at 11:08 am
I think cranberries are very American, so I’m not surprised you didn’t see them around you. We usually only see them for Thanksgiving (all very American) and then until they run out, usually before Christmas. I liked the bread itself, but didn’t actually like the fresh cranberries. Next time, I would use the craisins.