Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

Pumpkin bread is a must-make recipe in the Fall. This bread has a rich cream cheese filling, which makes it moist and delicious. Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl can be served with a meal or as a dessert with ice cream or a cup of hot tea. I hope you give it a try…I know you’ll love it!

This yummy recipe is one of the best Fall treats to bake and share. A soft, tasty bread with a luscious cream cheese filling and a sweet sugar glaze makes it so delicious. Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl celebrates all the best flavors that Fall has to offer.

Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

Bread:

• 1 cup pumpkin (canned)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans, optional

Filling:

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon milk

Topping:

• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk

How to make Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl?

• Spray the bottom and sides of a 9×5-inch bread pan with cooking spray. Dust with flour, set aside. Heat your oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl or stand-mixer, combine the pumpkin, sugar, egg, oil, and milk. Mix until blended.
• In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients for the bread, except for the nuts.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, mix until blended.
• Add the pecans and stir. It’s looking really good.

• Now, for the filling! In a medium bowl, blend the cream cheese, sugar, egg and milk until creamy. Pour half of the bread batter into the prepared loaf pan, then top with the cream cheese filling, and finally top with the remaining batter.

• Bake the bread in a 350 degree oven for about 55-58 minutes. It will be firm to the touch and golden brown. While the bread is baking, mix the topping ingredients in a small bowl until blended. When the bread has cooled, remove it from the loaf pan and drizzle the topping over it.

Moist and full of delicious pumpkin flavor, this bread recipe is a winner. Once you try it, you will make it again and again. Please share this recipe with friends, I think they’ll love it, too! And remember to leave a comment once you try this recipe.

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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

A creamy center gets baked into this delicious Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl. Serve it for breakfast or dessert.

Servings: 8 slices

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 55 minutes mins

Total Time: 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Ingredients 

Bread:

• 1 cup pumpkin, canned
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans, optional

Filling:

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon milk

Topping:

• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk

Instructions 

• Spray the bottom and sides of a 9×5 inch bread pan with cooking spray. Dust with flour, set aside. Heat your oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl or stand-mixer, combine the pumpkin, sugar, egg, oil, and milk. Mix until blended.
• In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients for the bread, except for the nuts.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet, mix until blended. Add the pecans and stir.
• In a medium bowl, blend the cream cheese, sugar, egg and milk until creamy. Pour half of the bread batter into the prepared loaf pan, then top with the cream cheese filling, and finally top with the remaining batter.
• Bake the bread in a 350 degree oven for about 55-58 minutes. It will be firm to the touch and golden brown. While the bread is baking, mix the topping ingredients in a small bowl until blended. When the bread has cooled, remove it from the loaf pan and drizzle the topping over it.
  

Equipment

• 1 9×5 inch loaf pan

Nutrition

Calories: 447kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 7gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 77mgSodium: 423mgPotassium: 178mgFiber: 1gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 1.715IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 2mg