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Harvest pumpkin bread with cream cheese icing

Modified: Jun 25, 2025 · Published: Sep 9, 2013 by Claire Cameron · This post may contain affiliate links · 32 Comments

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Warm, spiced, and wonderfully soft, this Harvest Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Icing is the perfect treat for autumn or any time you crave a cozy, homemade snack. It’s easy to make and topped with creamy icing for an irresistible finish.

Harvest pumpkin bread
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It's Secret Recipe Club time again! This month I was extra excited because I was assigned to the blog of our host Jane. Over on The Heritage Cook, Californian Jane seems to be as in love with cooking and baking as I am. She has a bit more experience than me and shares lots of tips and tricks along with mouth-watering recipes.

Harvest pumpkin bread

This is how it usually works for me when I get my assignment. I open the blog then continue to open random recipes in new tabs ending up with a screen full of delicious options. The next day I narrow it down and usually by day two I have my recipe. This time I was totally torn between the harvest pumpkin bread I finally settled on and cinnamon buns.

You know what happened next don't you? Yep I made them both. Stay tuned for the last cinnamon bun recipe you'll ever need. In fact I type this just minutes after licking cinnamon sugar from my fingers after devouring yet another bun for afternoon tea.

Harvest pumpkin bread

But back to the harvest pumpkin bread. I've said before that I'm not a pumpkin eater (maybe cause my name's not Peter? Oh so funny!) but I'm seriously growing to love pumpkin baked goods.

The recipe made two cakes so I gifted one to my grandma and apart from a few slices my friends ate when I took the other cake to a picnic, I have devoured every skerrick of it. It was that good.

Harvest pumpkin bread

The best part was that it got better with every day. I ate the last slice a week after baking and it was still perfect. The texture changed a little going from delicate to quite firm but I loved every mouthful.

Jane says that her family sometimes has this for breakfast without icing. I personally couldn't go past the cream cheese glaze but me being me I added extra icing sugar and turned it into icing instead.

Not into cream cheese? Never mind, there's also an option for caramel or rum buttermilk glaze. Seeing as the recipe makes two loaves, you could even make one of each! Then you can come back and tell me your favourite. Enjoy!

Harvest pumpkin bread

 

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Harvest pumpkin bread with cream cheese icing

Harvest pumpkin bread with cream cheese icing

Warm, spiced, and wonderfully soft, this Harvest Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Icing is the perfect treat for autumn or any time you crave a cozy, homemade snack. It’s easy to make and topped with creamy icing for an irresistible finish.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Snacks, desserts & condiments
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 22
Calories: 266kcal
Author: Claire Cameron

Ingredients

Loaf

  • 3-⅓ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1-½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • ⅔ cup cool to cold butter cut into small cubes
  • 1 16 oz can pureed pumpkin or 1 ½ cups cooked, pureed pumpkin
  • 4 free-range eggs slightly beaten
  • 2 c lightly-packed brown sugar
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts optional
  • Icing optional (recipes follow below)

Icing

  • 100 g 3oz softened cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoon softened butter
  • ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoon milk or as needed
  • 2-3 cups icing powdered sugar, depending on how sweet you like your glaze

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 170C (350F) fan-forced and grease and line two 22x10cm (9x5inch) or similar loaf tins so that the paper extends over the long sides.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and mixed spice together.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, pumpkin, eggs, sugar, milk and nuts together until smooth (with nut lumps obviously).
  • With the motor on low, slowly add the dry ingredients until just combined.
  • Divide the batter between the two tins and smooth out the tops.
  • Bake the loaves for 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Leave in the tins for 10 minutes to rest then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • These are best made at least a day ahead and freeze well. To freeze, wrap in plastic wrap.

Icing

  • Place the cream cheese, butter and lemon juice in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until smooth.
  • Slowly add the icing sugar, alternating with milk until the icing is thick, white and spreadable.
  • Spread on top of the cooled cakes.

Nutrition

Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 249mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 331IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
Have you made this recipe? I'd love to hear what you think. Tag me on Instagram @clairekcreations


 

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Comments

  1. Lisa the Gourmet Wog says

    September 11, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    sounds yum Claire! I love pumpkin in every way and form, in a bread sounds most yum!

    Reply
  2. chitchatchomp says

    September 11, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    How I'd love to dip my finger into that yummy cream cheese frosting right now. Looks beautiful!

    Reply
  3. Lesa @ Edesia's Notebook says

    September 11, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Gorgeous pumpkin bread! Pumpkin is one of my favorite things about fall.

    Reply
  4. Chocolate shavings says

    September 11, 2013 at 7:42 am

    Now this makes e excited for fall!

    Reply
  5. Molly Kelly says

    September 11, 2013 at 6:58 am

    Great selection of recipes! X

    Reply
  6. The Café Sucre Farine says

    September 11, 2013 at 5:38 am

    You've got my mouth watering Claire, it looks fantastic! Did you turn the side to the back where you were taking swipes at that icing? I only know you probably did that cause I certainly would.

    Reply
    • Claire says

      September 11, 2013 at 10:02 am

      Haha no. No need... it made two cakes!

  7. Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says

    September 11, 2013 at 1:16 am

    this pumpkin bread looks perfect! love the icing :)

    Reply
  8. Kristin says

    September 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    "Not into cream cheese?"... Who doesn't love cream cheese?! Yum, yum x

    Reply
  9. Stephanie@Henry Happened says

    September 10, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    must be so good with that cream cheese icing! let the pumpkin recipes begin!

    Reply
  10. Jess says

    September 10, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    I can't say I'm at all surprised to hear you have a methodology for picking your SRC recipe. ;) This looks amazing - I love the way pumpkin baked goods smell when they're in the oven - yum!

    Reply
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