Cream cheese swirl pumpkin bread that’s moist, flavorful, and perfect for a fall breakfast, brunch, and snacking.

About the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bread

I’m someone who loves cream cheese with desserts. Whether it be with a cream cheese frosting, or a cream cheese dip, I love the flavor and texture that it provides.
With this pumpkin cream cheese bread, it offers the sweet cream cheese taste, but meshing it with a delicious fall spiced pumpkin bread. Creating a tasteful, moist, and soft combination.

Does Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread Need to Be Refrigerated?

Most baked goods with cream cheese need to be put in the refrigerator. But that’s recipes with a lot of cream cheese like a cheesecake or even a danish. I would put this bread in the fridge no later than 5-6 days after baking it. My little boy and I have been snacking on slices of this bread throughout the week, and it tastes great at a warm temp, room temperature, and cooled too. So don’t worry that it won’t be as good if you put it in the fridge!
We just want to make sure that no bacteria is growing at all, which can happen with any bread, not just this bread with cream cheese.

How Do I Get the Cream Cheese Swirl?

Layer and layer! I started by layering ⅔ of the bread mixture first, then I layered on ⅔ of the cream cheese mixture. After that, you put the rest of the pumpkin bread mixture on top, then dollop large lines of the cream cheese mixture on top. I used a spoon; you could use a knife, spatula, whatever you’d like. I then just swirl the mixtures together back and forth length wise to the pan, making sure not to push too deep onto the bread. You don’t want to go past the top layers.

Cream Cheese Pumpkin Swirl Bread Recipe Ingredients

Canned Pumpkin – The star of this pumpkin bread recipe. This recipe uses the whole can of pumpkin, as it makes two pumpkin loaves.

Cream Cheese – The other star of this recipe. It helps balance the pumpkin bread flavor and create a delicious sweet taste.

Lemon Juice – This is used to help brighten, and also helps the cream cheese swirl mixture to stay together and thicken up.

How to Make Cream Cheese Swirl Pumpkin Bread

Prepare the Loaf Pans

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray the 9×5 loaf pans with oil, and lightly coat all the sides and bottom of the pans with flour. Set the pans aside.

Making the Cream Cheese Swirl Pumpkin Bread Batter

1. Combine the canned pumpkin, white sugar, brown sugar, and oil together in a bowl. Mix until combined.
2. Add the eggs and water, and still until they are incorporated.
3. Add the dry ingredients. Mix the batter together.
4. Set the bowl to the side.

Making the Cream Cheese Mixture

1. Dump the cream cheese and sugar into a bowl. Mix until combined.
2. Add in the egg and stir in.
3. Add the flour, lemon juice, and vanilla. Mix until it becomes creamy.
4. Set the bowl to the side.

Layering the Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bread

1. Add about ⅔ of the pumpkin bread mixture.
2. On top of the bread mixture, add about ⅔ of the cream cheese mixture. Using a spatula, lightly push the cream cheese to the sides, covering the pumpkin batter.
3. Then, add the rest of the pumpkin bread mixture on top. Using a spatula, again, push the batter to sides to cover the cream cheese mixture.
4. Now, dollop the rest of the cream cheese mixture in horizontal lines. Using a spoon (or spatula, knife, etc.) lightly push slightly down into the mixture, and swirl back in forth with long strokes lengthwise.
5. Repeat for the second loaf pan.

Baking the Cream Cheese Swirl Pumpkin Bread

1. Place the loaf pans into the oven and bake for 70-75 minutes. Using a toothpick, check to make sure the dough is cooked. There will be some moist crumbs once done, but if it’s still unbaked, there will be batter on the toothpick once pulled out.
2. Let the breads cool on a cooling wire rack for about an hour. Once cooled, flip over the pans and place the breads onto the wire rack. Enjoy the bread!

Baking Tips

1. If there is batter still, keep your eye on the bread and bake in 3-5 minute intervals.
2. Also, if the bread top is getting too dark brown/clearly starting to burn (most likely won’t happen), place tinfoil over the top of the bread, and continue to bake.

Now go and make this seriously easy pumpkin bread recipe! It’ll make your home smell like fall weather is on it’s way. Oh, and you’ll have delicious bread to enjoy too.

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Blueberry Almond Bread
Chai Spice Banana Bread
Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Easy Zucchini Bread
Apricot Bread