Pumpkin Swirl Bread

Pumpkin Swirl Bread is a light and fluffy pumpkin bread with a layer of cheesecake-y filling swirled throughout. It is the perfect fall sweet treat!

Originally published September 14, 2014. Updated September 16, 2024.

Is there anything better than pumpkin bread this time of year? I would choose it over pretty much any dessert during fall.

This Pumpkin Swirl Bread is light, moist, so fluffy and it has a delicious cream cheese swirl that tastes almost like cheesecake!

This recipe is so simple but the finished product looks so impressive. If you’re going to an event and need an easy recipe that’s still going to wow people, I highly recommend this pumpkin bread.

I also have a pumpkin banana bread recipe that we love!

Ingredients

• Cream cheese – this is the main part of the cheesecake-like swirl.
• Granulated sugar – sugar is going in the pumpkin bread batter and the cream cheese swirl.
• Eggs – an egg will be going in the batter and the filling.
• All-purpose flour
• Baking soda – baking soda is the leavener in this recipe.
• Pumpkin pie spice – if you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, you can use cinnamon with a dash of ground ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and/or cloves. Cinnamon is the major flavor in pumpkin pie spice so it’s fine if that’s all you add.
• Salt
• Butter – melt it and let it cool slightly before starting the recipe. You don’t want it to be so warm that it starts to cook the egg.
• Pumpkin – make sure it is just pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling. The only ingredient should be pumpkin.
• Buttermilk – if you don’t have buttermilk, you can make some by adding white vinegar or lemon juice to milk or you can just use regular milk.

How To Make Pumpkin Swirl Bread

• Make filling. Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and egg until smooth.
• Dry ingredients. Whisk together flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
• Wet ingredients. Beat together butter, sugar, pumpkin, egg, and buttermilk.
• Combine. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until combined.
• Transfer. Set 2 cups of batter aside. Pour remaining batter into a prepared 9×5-inch loaf pan.
• Add filling. Pour cream cheese filling over batter.
• Top. Add the reserved 2 cups of batter to the top and spread to the edges.
• Bake. Bake for about 70 minutes.
• Cool. Cool completely before slicing and serving.

How Long Is It Good For?

This pumpkin swirl bread will be good for about 4 days. Make sure to store it in an airtight container at room temperature.

It will be good longer if stored in the fridge – up to a week. But the fridge will suck some of the moisture out of the bread and it won’t be as moist.

Can You Freeze It?

This pumpkin cream cheese bread freezes perfectly. Let it cool completely and then you can either wrap the entire loaf or individual slices in several layers of plastic wrap. It will be fine in the freezer for up to 3 days.

When you are ready to enjoy it, let it defrost at room temperature.

More Pumpkin Recipes

• Pumpkin Roll Bars
• Pumpkin Blueberry Muffins
• Pumpkin Apple Muffins
• Pumpkin Pudding Snickerdoodles
• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

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