Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
You one hundred percent need to take the plunge and make this sweet fluffy loaf. No regrets because it tastes so incredible. Share some with your friends and family and they will be singing the praises.
This recipe is fairly simple and straightforward. You most likely have all of the ingredients on hand in your kitchen. For the oil, you can use any neutral flavored oil, like avocado oil, sunflower oil, melted and cooled coconut oil, etc.
The pumpkin bread is so moist and fluffy. One of the highlights of fall is baking with that fluffy pumpkin puree. The texture is pure heaven. Also in fall we pull out the pumpkin pie spice. I did not have any so I added cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
Next lets add a simple layer of cream cheese, sugar, flour and egg to bind. It’s like swirling a cheesecake right in the middle of this delicious cake. Beyond scrumptious.
My favorite time to consume this treat is in the morning with my coffee. It’s like a Starbucks quality loaf piece. My morning ritual is one million percent more intense with this bread in my mouth.
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
Ingredients
Pumpkin Bread:
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 1 egg
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temp.
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 3 tbs flour
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350° F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan with butter or spray with coconut oil.
Pumpkin Bread:
- In a large bowl, mix the pumpkin, egg, sugar, oil, sour cream and vanilla.
- Fold in the spices, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until just combined.
Cream Cheese Filling:
- In a medium bowl, using an electric hand mixer, combine the four ingredients until smooth.
Assembly:
- Pour 2/3 of the pumpkin batter into your loaf pan. Transfer the cream cheese mixture to the pan and gently spread out with a rubber spatula. Now top with the remainder of the pumpkin batter.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out MOSTLY clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool for an hour prior to slicing.
We found this recipe to be bland, boring & lacking moistness. Even after adding a streusel topping, drizzle of homemade caramel & whipped cream, it still just tasted like bland bread. Bummer because it smelled divine.
I made this pumpkin bread. So many people are posting recipes claiming theirs is as good a Starbucks pumpkin bread & muffins so I tried this one. It’s a dense bread and it was good but not awesome. I read some comments before giving it a try. I added toasted chopped pecans to the top before baking that was a plus.
I plan to make this recipe, but I’m not a big fan of pumpkin (yeah.. I know who doesn’t like pumpkin?) and I’m gonna try this recipe just because anything with cream cheese is worth trying. I love sweet potatoes, and I was wondering if sweet potatoes would work? just a thought,
Thank you
Mary
Hi Mary! Yes you can sub in sweet potato purée or butternut squash purée in this recipe! Enjoy!
I have made this pumpkin bread four time for my 3 and 5 year old grandkids. They love it!!
Amazing recipe! Made it over and over so many times!! Thank you!
HI Dena, Thanks for trying the loaf out! And also for taking the time to rate it!!
I happened to make this the day I figured out I lost my taste from being sick LOL had no idea how good it was til my bf tried it and immediately polished off half the loaf! I just knew it had a great texture 😂 I’m making it again right now so I can fully enjoy it!
Hi Lindsay, Hope you enjoyed THIS time around!! Thanks for the rating too!
How would one substitute regular flour for paleo or almond flour?????
It doesn’t say how much flour to add
Everyone wants the recipe!! So moist and delicious!
YAY! Love to read that! Thanks so much!
Delicious! So glad I made it!
Love to read that! Thanks for the rating Zeema!!!!
This didn’t even last 15mins out the oven to cool off, a repeat for sure at my house!
Hi Norma! SO glad it was enjoyed!!
Omg this looks soooo good! Can not wait to try. Any egg substitutes? My son has egg and peanut allergy 🙁
Hi! Thank you so much! You can try a flax egg or Bob’s REd Mill egg replacer. Should work!
SO GOOD
Hi Emmy! Right?!?!? This is one of the best loaves ive made!
I made this 2 weeks ago and everyone loved it. We loved so much were making it again right now. I added a smidgen Chinese five spice. So delicious! This amount of cream cheese filling is perfect imo. 🥰
Hi Beth! A repeat offender?! Thats fantastico!
Hi,
Baking the bread right now. I added Bananas to the bread. I stuck a toothpick in it and it’s still coming out a little wet. Did I ruin it by putting the bananas in it? Should I cook it longer?
Just keep baking it until a toothpick comes out mostly clean. You might be able to eat it. Baking is very precise. If you substituted and took something out for the banana – it might work. If you just added it in extra, it would contribute too much excess moisture to the recipe.
I made this bread last weekend and it’s the best pumpkin bred I’ve ever had.
So delicious!!
Thank you for the recipe. 🙂
Hi Adrian! SO happy you enjoyed the loaf! And thank you for taking the time to comment and rate! 🙂
I made this to fulfill my pumpkin craving and it paid off! Delicious! I got a little skeptical with the cream cheese mix and didn’t use it all and I regret it! Big hit with all who tried it! I added walnuts to one batch and it was just as tasty!
Hi Caiti! It’s okay, next time you add all the CC! Love the addition of the walnuts tho! Glad you enjoyed!!