These are wonderfully moist and if you do not have prunes use dates or raisins.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• pinch salt
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 1 cup chopped moist prunes
• grated rind of 2 oranges
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup cooked pumpkin, mashed
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• 100 grams butter, melted and cooled
• icing sugar for dusting

Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar into a large bowl and toss through the prunes. Make a well in the centre.
2. In a jug, mix together the orange rind and juice, mashed pumpkin, eggs and milk. Stir into the dry ingredients and fold in the melted butter.
3. Divide the mixture among 12-16 well-greased muffin tins.
4. Bake at 220ºC for 20 minutes until the muffins are well-risen and golden. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

Cooks Tips

- The best pumpkin for this is a crwn or a grey pumpkin. It's a firm-fleshed pumpkin that when mashed will not be too moist.