I added to it and didn't use baking soda. I added nuts to both loaves and raisins to 1. I also added a little apple sauce to it, extra spices. I needed it to have more of a kick so I added all spice and pumpkin spice on top of cinnamon, it needed way more but that's me. On a double batch I used 1 cup walnuts but I didn't bread down enough so it was hard to cut. I would get then really small or buy pics. I also think baking at 350 might be to low. I baked for 1h 12 min and top wasn't golden yet, so maybe jack up to 375 after 30 min. I think 1 more egg on double batch would have went far