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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling

Pumpkin bread is a must when it comes to building your fall baking list!
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Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time:1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 1 9"x5" loaf

Equipment

  • 5x9 inch loaf pan

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup pumpkin purée
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Cream Cheese Mixture

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature full fat
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour

Streusel Topping

  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp cold, unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

Instructions

  • Spray metal loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside. 
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and ground cloves. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin purée, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla extract, and sugar. Add your bowl of dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Combine well with a spoon or spatula.

For cream cheese mixture

  • In your stand mixer, beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add in your egg, vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of flour. Combine well.

For streusel topping

  • In a medium sized bowl, whisk together both sugars, salt, flour, and cinnamon. Cut cold butter into cubes and add to bowl. With a pastry blender or fork, press the butter cubes into dry mixture until you get a nice, crumbly mixture.

Assembling your loaf

  • Add a half of your pumpkin cake mixture to the bottom of your loaf pan. Smooth with a spatula.
  • Pour cream cheese mixture over the layer of pumpkin batter. Smooth cream cheese layer out with a spatula. Pour the rest of the pumpkin batter over the cream cheese layer. Smooth over with a spatula, carefully without disrupting the cream cheese layer.
  • For the swirl design, use a butterknife or chopstick and run it through the batter back and forth and side to side 3 or 4 times. Sprinkle streusel mixture over the top of your loaf before placing in the oven.
  • Bake at 350°F for 1 hour 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes before removing from loaf pan.