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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is the best pumpkin bread recipe and it needs to be on your fall baking list! I mean, is it even fall without pumpkin bread?! It's soft texture melts in your mouth and immediately reminds your tastebuds why pumpkin spice is the most beloved flavor of fall baking. It's truly perfect on its own, but utterly irresistible with the cream cheese frosting.

Author: Sloane’s Table

Meal Type: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: MEDIUM

Prep. Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 10 slices

Calories: 571 kcal per serving

Ingredients

  • 2 ⅓ cups - all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons - baking powder
  • 1 tsp - baking soda
  • ½ tsp - kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp - pumpkin spice
  • 1 cup - dark brown sugar
  • ½ cup - granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup - neutral oil
  • 3 - eggs
  • 2 teaspoons - vanilla extract
  • 1 can - pumpkin purée
  • ¾ blocks - cream cheese
  • ⅞ cup - unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp - kosher salt
  • 2 ¼ cups - powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a pullman pan or 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice. Set aside.
  3. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and oil.
  4. Then, whisk in the eggs and vanilla, and lastly the pumpkin purée.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until fully combined and smooth.
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top. Use a knife to draw a line down the center in order to encourage the batter to split down the middle as it bakes.
  7. Bake the pumpkin bread for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few moist crumbs. Tent with foil around the 40 minute mark to prevent it from getting too dark.
  8. Allow the pumpkin bread to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  9. In a medium bowl, add the cold cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
  10. Add the room temperature butter and salt, and mix until fully combined and smooth.
  11. Add the sifted powder sugar in 2-3 additions, and mix on low speed until smooth.
  12. Transfer the frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large round piping tip.
  13. Pipe the frosting in zigzags on top of the cooled pumpkin bread and enjoy!

Nutrition

Energy: 571 kcal | Total Fat: 24 g | Saturated: 14 g | Trans: 0 g | Unsaturated: 0 g | Cholesterol: 116 mg | Total Carbs: 84 g | Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 57 g | Proteins: 7 g | Sodium: 541 mg | Polyunsaturated: 1 g | Monounsaturated: 7 g

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