Ribbon Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 2/3 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl beat cream cheese, sugar, and flour together, add egg and orange zest, mix to blend and set aside.
• 2 in large bowl, mix pumpkin, oil and eggs.
• 3 add sugar, flour, soda, salt, spices and nuts, if using, stir just till blended.
• 4 pour half this mixture into 2 greased and floured 7 1/2"x 3 1/2" loaf pans.
• 5 spread half the filling mixture over batter in each pan, add remaining batter to cover the filling layer.
• 6 bake for 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees, till loaves test done with pick.
• 7 cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.