A sliced frosted pumpkin loaf and servings on white plates.

Pumpkin Loaf With Hemp Seeds

Hulled hemp seeds add a mild, nutty flavour to this pumpkin loaf recipe.

The secret ingredient? Hulled hemp seeds (also known as hemp hearts). They add a richness and slight nuttiness that takes this loaf to the next level.

A sliced frosted pumpkin loaf and servings on white plates.

Pumpkin Loaf with Hemp Hearts

This pumpkin loaf is moist and flavourful, and topped with a sour cream glaze. The secret ingredient? Hemp hearts! They add a richness and slight nuttiness that takes this loaf to the next level.
Course Dessert, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup hemp hearts
  • 2 ½ tsp pumpkin-pie spice
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup coconut sugar or packed brown sugar
  • 1 ½ cups canned pumpkin purée
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla

Sour Cream Glaze

  • 3 tbsp sour cream
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1-2 tsp hemp hearts

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving overhang on 2 sides.
  • Whisk flour, hemp hearts, pumpkin-pie spice, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
  • Whisk eggs, granulated sugar and coconut sugar in a large bowl. Whisk in pumpkin purée, oil, and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture just until combined. Pour into loaf pan and smooth top.
  • Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on the rack.

Sour Cream Glaze

  • Whisk sour cream in a bowl. Whisk in icing sugar gradually, until smooth. Add more sour cream by the teaspoonful to thin glaze if necessary. Drizzle over cake.
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