Spiced Pumpkin Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pumpkin, cooked and mashed (can use canned)
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2/3 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup orange marmalade

Recipe

• 1 bread:.
• 2 grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loafpan; line with wax paper. grease and flour the wax paper. set aside.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt; stir well. combine pumpkin and the next 9 ingredients in a medium mixing bowl; beat well at medium speed of an electric mixer. add flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture, beating well. stir in the pecans.
• 4 pour batter into prepared pan. bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes. remove from the pan; remove wax paper, and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
• 5 cream cheese spread:.
• 6 beat the softened cream cheese at medium speed of an electric mixer until smooth. add 1/2 cup orange marmalade, beating mixture until it is well blended. serve with the bread.