Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice; whisk together.
2. In a separate bowl, add pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, two eggs, and sugar; mix well.
3. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture.
4. Coat chocolate chips with a little flour to prevent sinking, then fold them into the batter.
5. Pour half of the pumpkin batter into a baking pan.
6. In another bowl, mix cream cheese with orange zest, flour, sugar, and an egg.
7. Spoon the cream cheese mixture on top of the pumpkin batter.
8. Finish with the remaining pumpkin batter on top.
9. Bake in the oven at 325°F for about 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.