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Pumpkin Chocolate Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

A moist, warmly spiced pumpkin loaf with chocolate pieces throughout and a tangy cream cheese ribbon swirled through the middle.

Pumpkin Chocolate Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

Ingredients

  • 1⅔ cups400 gPumpkin puree, canned
  • 2 cups240 gAll-purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup130 gGranulated sugardivided: 110 g for the batter, 20 g for the swirl
  • ⅓ cup packed80 gBrown sugarpacked
  • ⅓ cup90 gCanola oil
  • 125 gEggsdivided: 2 large for the batter, half of a third large egg for the swirl
  • ½ cup115 gCream cheesesoftened
  • ¾ cup120 gSemisweet chocolate chips
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking soda
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 2 tsp5 gGround cinnamon
  • 1⅛ tsp2 gGround ginger
  • ½ tsp1 gGround nutmeg
  • 1¼ tsp5 gVanilla extract
  • 1 tsp5 gUnsalted buttersoftened, for greasing the pan

Steps

  1. Set the cream cheese out to soften. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with the butter.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger and nutmeg.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, brown sugar, 110 g of the granulated sugar, the canola oil, the vanilla and 2 of the eggs until smooth.
  4. Make the swirl: beat the third egg in a small cup. In another small bowl, beat the cream cheese with the remaining 20 g of granulated sugar and half of the beaten egg until smooth; save the rest of the egg for another use.
  5. Stir the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture just until no dry flour remains, then fold in the chocolate chips.
  6. Spread half the batter in the pan, spoon the cream cheese mixture over it in a line, then top with the remaining half of the batter. Run a knife through in a few S-shapes to swirl.
  7. Bake 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean of batter (a little melted chocolate is fine).
  8. Cool in the pan 15 minutes, then turn out and cool completely on a rack, about 1 hour, before cutting into 12 slices.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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