Moist Pumpkin Loaf Recipe

This delicious and moist pumpkin loaf recipe is topped with tangy cream cheese frosting and crystallized ginger pieces. It's perfect for breakfast, snack, or dessert!

Course Brunch, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword loaf recipes, moist bread recipes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin loaf

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Servings slices

Calories 258kcal

Author Tiffany bendayan

Ingredients

For Pumpkin Loaf

1 cup Pumpkin Puree
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
1/3 cup Heavy Cream
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 tablespoon Pumpkin Spice
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt

For Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)

4 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
4 tablespoons Butter room temperature
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar sifted
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Garnish (optional)

Crystallized Ginger

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat Oven to 350 F
Grease a loaf pan with nonstick spray
In a bowl place the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, powders, pumpkin spice and salt. Whisk lightly to combine
In another bowl place the eggs, pumpkin, oil, vanilla and heavy cream. Whisk to combine
Add the dry mix into the wet mix and whisk together being careful not to overmix
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth out the top
Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes back clean
Remove from oven let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes before unmolding and cooling completeltyon a rack

For Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)

Mix the cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla into a bowl using a spatula until the mixture comes together into a smooth frosting

Assembly

Spoon the frosting on the top of the loaf and sprinkle the crystallized ginger
Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until the frosting hardens slightly
Enjoy

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