Description
A moist and spiced autumn loaf combining pumpkin and banana, topped with a rich, nutty browned butter cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 ripe mashed bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 4 tbsp butter (for browning)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Mash bananas and mix with pumpkin puree, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool the loaf completely on a wire rack.
- Brown 4 tbsp butter in a saucepan until nutty and brown, then let it cool slightly.
- Beat softened cream cheese and browned butter together, then mix in powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled bread.