Spiced Kumquat Nut Bread with Gold Shimmer
Spiced Kumquat Nut Bread with Gold Shimmer - a delicious tea bread fragrantly spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, and nutmeg.
Servings: 12
Calories: 158kcal
Ingredients
- 20 kumquats yielding ¾ cup puree (180g)
- 1 cup whole spelt flour (130g)
- ¾ cup whole oat flour (105g)
- ¼ cup flaxmeal (25g)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 2/3 cup milk (160ml)
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup brown sugar (135g)
- ½ cup toasted chopped walnuts (50g)
- 1 tbsp gold shimmer sugar or raw sugar for the top
Instructions
- Cut kumquats into halves and remove seeds. Puree kumquats in a food processor.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F (180°C).
- In a medium sized bowl, combine spelt flour, oat flour, flaxmeal, salt, baking powder, and spices.
- In a large bowl, combine milk, egg, olive oil, vanilla extract, and brown sugar.
- Add the flour mixture and stir until well mixed.
- Fold in the pureed kumquats and walnuts.
- Pour the batter into a greased 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan and sprinkle the top with gold shimmer sugar.
- Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool and remove from pan.