Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
Pumpkin Banana Bread is the answer when you just can’t decide between these two classic quick bread recipes. Super moist, full of cozy spices, and slathered with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, this loaf gives you the best of both worlds!
Servings: 20 slices
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups mashed bananas, about 4 bananas
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 15 ounce pure pumpkin
For the Frosting
- 4 ounce cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray two 9-inch loaf pans generously with baking spray, and line the bottom of the pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine sugars, oil, and eggs until blended. Beat in vanilla extract and mashed bananas.
- Add in flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and canned pumpkin. Mix just until blended.
- Divide batter evenly between the two loaf pans. Bake for about 60 minutes, until a toothpick poked in the center of the bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool 5 minutes in pan. Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
- For the frosting, beat the cream cheese with powdered sugar, cinnamon, and milk. Add more/less milk for desired consistency. Spread over cooled bread.
Notes
- Be sure to choose 100% pure pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling (which is already flavored).
- Store bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
- Freeze bread. Wrap in foil, then slide into a ziploc freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Bread can be frozen with or without frosting.
- See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 286kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 3413IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1mg
