Halloween pumpkin bread with chocolate streusel

Ingredients

For the bread

• 200g self raising flour
• 1/8 tsp table salt
• 1 tsp tumeric powder
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• a pinch of ground cloves
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 100g granulated sugar
• 50g demarara sugar
• 225g pumpkin puree (half a can)
• 100g vegetable oil

For the streusel

• 65g self raising flour
• 55g demarara sugar
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/8 tsp table salt
• 75g butter or vegetable shortening cut into 1cm cubes

Equipment

Loaf tin lined with baking paper 2 mixing bowls

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 C
• In one bowl, mix all the ingredients for the streusel apart from the butter
• Rub the butter in using your fingers until the mixture is sticky and all looks wet. You'll know when it's finished
• In the other bowl, make the bread batter. Whisk the sugar and eggs together until the mixture lightens and increases in volume slightly
• Keep whisking and stream in the oil slowly
• Add the pumpkin puree, spices, salt, and vanilla and mix thoroughly
• Whisk in the flour
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin
• Press the streusel firmly into the top of the batter, covering the whole top
• Bake for 45 - 60 minutes

Notes

This is mostly Claire Saffitz's recipe as demonstrated in this video, but with the ingredients and measures adapted for the UK.