Pumpkin Bread with Dried Fruit | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• Enough butter to butter the baking pan
• 2 cups (500 mL) unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder
• 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cardamom or nutmeg
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter at room temperature
• 1 cup (250 mL) packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup (250 mL) unsweetened pumpkin purée
• 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1/3 cup (80 mL) Milk
• 1 cup (250 mL) mix of your choice of dried fruit (cranberries
• dates
• apricots) coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup (80 mL) hazelnuts coarsely chopped (optional)
• Cream Cheese icing
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) Canadian Cream cheese at room temperature
• 2 tbsp (30 mL) lemon juice freshly squeezed
• 3/4 cup (180 mL) icing sugar