Pumpkin Swirl Bread

Submitted by nonnie4sj

"This is a Land 'O Lakes recipe and very yummy! I love the flavor of pumpkin with cream cheese."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 2 loaves

ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 2⁄3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 15 ounces pumpkin
• 4 eggs

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F
2. Grease and flour 2 (9x5-inch) loaf pans.
3. Set aside.
4. Combine all filling ingredients in small bowl.
5. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
6. Set aside.
7. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger and nutmeg in small bowl.
8. Combine 2 2/3 cups sugar, oil, water, pumpkin and 4 eggs in large bowl.
9. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth.
10. Continue beating, gradually adding flour mixture and scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
11. Spoon 1/4 (about 2 cups) pumpkin batter into each prepared loaf pan.
12. Carefully spread half of filling mixture over batter in each pan; top each pan evenly with remaining pumpkin batter.
13. Pull knife or spatula through batter and filling to create swirl effect.
14. Bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
15. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.
16. Cool completely.

Reviews

[ldymirage]

After trying several different Pumpkin Bread recipes, I choose this one to enter my very first baking contest(local). I won first prize. I added chopped walnuts and drizzeled with warmed vanilla icing. My family loved it and my co-workers begged for more for weeks.