Pumpkin Bread and Cream Cheese Frosting

 

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour 
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 can (15 oz) of pumpkin puree 

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 2 cups of powdered sugar (confectioner's) 
• 1 stick of unsalted butter 
• 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 1 package of cream cheese

Instructions:

1. Set the oven to 325 F. Grease an 8 x 8 pan or two 8 x 4 loaf pans with butter
2. Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside
3. In a standing mixer or an electric handheld, whisk the sugar and butter together until just combined. Add in the eggs and pumpkin puree
4. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture and whisk until evenly combined
5. Pour into the prepared dish and bake for 65-70 minutes and until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Run a knife along the edges and then place a dish or cutting board over top. Turn over the baking dish and tap the bottom until the pumpkin bread pops out onto the surface. Allow to cool for 2 hours before frosting.
6. Cream Cheese: whisk together the cream cheese and butter. Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar and beat on high until the frosting is very smooth, combined and the frosting has turned whiter than it will have looked in the first couple minutes of whisking
7. Spread the frosting on the pumpkin bread and add some fun fall themed sprinkles