Starbuck's Pumpkin bread

What a wonderful way to kick start your day with the mouth watering Starbucks style pumpkin bread. Delicious, yummy and healthy too! Of course with a less burden on your wallet. What more can anybody ask for? Shopping frequently at Starbucks can be quite expensive. Why not lessen your expense at the coffee shop and spend that money else where and get that bang for the buck.

I do not own an oven now so I had improvise with what I have. I was pondering over baking on stove top since few months. When I couldn't contain my curiosity any longer I simply had to try it. I will give you directions on how to bake the bread in 3 different ways. First method, conventional, i.e your oven. Next more unconventional methods with microwave and stove top. It's definitely possible with few sacrifices albeit small ones. We will discuss about the sacrifices part later. For now lets cut straight to the recipe board! 

Ingredients you need:

All purpose flour/Atta (read healthy) 1 cup

1 cup pumpkin puree

2 eggs

1/2 cup oil/clarified butter

1/2 cup sugar

pumpkin seeds for the garnish

1 teaspoon all spice powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Prepare the batter: Sift all the dry ingredients together and keep aside.  Separate the egg whites and yolks and whisk the egg whites till soft peak is forming. Add pumpkin puree and oil to the yolks and whisk. Now combine the flour and pumpkin puree to form a smooth glossy batter. Fold in the whisked egg whites slowly with spatula. T
he batter is ready.

Baking in oven:

Pre-heat your oven to standard cake baking settings. Smear oil to your baking bowl and pour the mixture in it. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds on top. Put the batter in the lower rack of your oven. Let it bake for 15 mins. Switch off your oven after 15 minutes but do not open for a while. Let your bread cool down in the oven. Wallah! your bread is ready.

Bake it in microwave:

Now lets discuss the sacrifices part for those who want to bake the bread in microwave. Fear not, you will only be sacrificing on the shape front. Your pumpkin bread will look more like a tiny cake rather than bread. Follow these simple steps to bake the bread in the microwave. Your baking bowl should be round and flat at the bottom like a miniature cake tin. Put a small inverted bowl in the microwave, then place your batter container on the inverted bowl. Keep a small bowl of water beside the batter container, this helps in maintaining moisture. Bake for few minutes and you are done. Faster than baking in the oven. Sprinkle some pumpkin seeds. Serve hot or cold, it's delicious either way.

Stick with me, the crazier one is coming!

Baking on stove top:

Yes it does sound crazy, isn't it? But it definitely possible. Do try this method when you are up for some culinary adventure. Lets start with it. Lightly spray/oil the pan and pour the batter and keep aside. Light your stove and keep a flat bottomed colander upside down on the stove. Then keep two interconnected forks in V shape on top of the colander. They should be able to withstand the weight of the batter container. Put your steel batter container on top of these forks. Finally cover with a large container big enough to cover the 2/3rd of colander. Keep your stove on high for the first five minute. Bake for 10 more minutes on medium heat after that. Your bread is ready. :)