Pumpkin-Cranberry-Orange Gingerbread Loaf

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and lightly dust the bottom with flour.

Zest the entire orange avoiding the white (pith). Peel and section the orange and remove all seeds. Chop orange pulp in the bowl of a food processor or blender until fine. Reserve with the zest.

Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very well combined. Beat in eggs one at a time until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in pumpkin reserved chopped orange and zest orange juice and grated ginger.

Whisk flour ginger baking soda cinnamon baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet batter until almost all is moistened but do not overwork. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans. Turn into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on the wire rack before wrapping.