Pumpkin Fudge ‘OMG!’ Bread

Ingredients

• Shortening for greasing
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
• 1 tablespoon raw sugar, or to taste (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a casserole dish or two 9×5-inch loaf pans with shortening.

Whisk cake flour, pudding mix, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Beat pumpkin, white sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Slowly spoon flour mixture into pumpkin mixture and mix until batter is smooth; stir in walnuts and chocolate chips. Spoon batter into the prepared dish and sprinkle raw sugar over batter.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes.