Pumpkin Spice Chai Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
Fall is just around the corner, and I’m so excited about all the baking ahead. This Pumpkin Spice Chai Loaf is the perfect way to kick things off, made with warm spices, a touch of brown butter, and a cream cheese frosting that takes it over the top.
It’s simple, delicious, and just right for a fall weekend bake, sharing with friends, or keeping on the counter for coffee breaks.
Pumpkin Spice Chai Bread
This pumpkin spice chai bread is the perfect way to kick off fall!
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Ingredients
Bread:
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin purée
- ½ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ¼ tsp cloves
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Prep the pan and preheat
- Line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper (leave some overhang to lift it out later). Or, grease generously. Preheat oven to 350°F.
Brown the butter:
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Keep whisking, it’ll foam, then turn golden with a nutty aroma. Once browned, pour into a large bowl and let cool.
- Mix the Dry Ingredients
Mix the dry ingredients:
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and salt.
Mix the wet ingredients:
- To the cooled butter, whisk in both sugars. Add eggs, vanilla, pumpkin purée, and milk until smooth.
Combine:
- Fold dry ingredients into wet until no flour streaks remain.
Bake:
- Pour into the loaf pan, smooth the top, and bake 53–65 minutes. Check with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, it’s ready.
Make the frosting:
- Beat butter and cream cheese until creamy. Add vanilla and powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
Frost and serve:
- Let the loaf cool completely before spreading frosting over the top. Slice and enjoy!
I hope you love this pumpkin spice chai bread it as much as I do. Save this one to your fall baking list, you’ll definitely want to make it more than once this season! And let me know if you like it!
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