Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Topping
 
Ingredients
  • For the Cheese Batter:
  • 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 4 TBSP butter, unsalted
  • 1 large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure almond extract
  • For the Pumpkin Spice Batter:
  • ¾ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup pumpkin puree
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ginger
  • ⅛ teaspoon cloves
  • Other:
  • Butter, to grease the pans
Instructions
  1. For the Cheese Batter: Bthe butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir the pan continually for about 5 to 7 minutes, until the crackling, and foaming has subsided, the butter has browned, and has a nutty aroma. Watch it closely so that it doesn’t go from browned and nutty to burnt. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes. Combine the remaining cream cheese frosting ingredients into the same bowl as the butter and using a handheld electric mixer beat until smooth and creamy.
  2. For the Pumpkin Spice Batter: Preheat oven to 350F; lightly grease 3 mini loaf pans with butter.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the brown sugar and eggs until light and fluffy, then stir in the pumpkin, canola oil, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the wet, being careful not to over-mix. Divide the pumpkin batter between the 3 loaf pans, then pour the cheese batter on top.
  4. Bake until golden around the edges, about 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted inside comes out clean or with just a couple crumbs. Cool 10 minutes in the pans, then remove from the pans and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
recipe provided by An Edible Mosaic
Recipe by Kitchen Belleicious at https://kitchenbelleicious.com/2012/10/08/pumpkin-bread-with-cream-cheese-topping-out-of-this-world/