Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

Stack of pumpkin cream cheese bread slices.

4.5 from 44 votes

Yield: 10 slices

Homemade Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread is one of my favorite fall desserts to bake! This thick, spongy pumpkin bread is stuffed with sweet cream cheese swirls and pumpkin spice flavor... need I say more?

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Ingredients

Cream Cheese Filling/Topping:

8 oz cream cheese
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Pumpkin Loaf:

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon pumpkin spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x5 baking loaf pan and line with parchment paper (where it hangs over the edges) for easy bread removal. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add in sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, pumpkin spice, baking soda and salt until well combined. Set aside.
In large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugar and brown sugar. Beat in eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Slowly whisk in the flour mixture, until there are no lumps.
Pour half of the batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Spoon half of the cream cheese mixture over the top of this layer and spread evenly, then add the remaining pumpkin batter on top. Drag a knife in a few swirls through the batter to swirl the middle layer of cream cheese (only do a few swirls).
Then top the pumpkin batter with the remaining cream cheese mixture. Use a butter knife or toothpick to swirl it into the batter. This will not look smooth, but it will bake up much prettier.
Loosely tent loaf pan with foil to prevent too much browning and bake fo 40 to 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the pumpkin part comes out clean.
Allow to cool, slice and serve. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge because of the cream cheese filling.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1, Calories: 420kcal, Carbohydrates: 54g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 74mg, Sodium: 315mg, Potassium: 90mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 37g, Vitamin A: 394IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 46mg, Iron: 1mg