Holiday Gingerbread recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 ¼ teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon orange extract
2 ½ cups confectioners' sugar

Nutrition Info

548.2 calories
carbohydrate: 85.5 g
cholesterol: 61.3 mg
fat: 21.6 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 4.8 g
saturatedFat: 13.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 615 mg
sugar: 65 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan or a square baking pan.

  2. Stir flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a bowl.

  3. Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Dissolve baking soda into applesauce and mix into the creamed butter. Stir in 1 teaspoon orange extract. Add flour mixture and mix batter until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out just slightly sticky, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack, about 1 hour.

  5. Beat cream cheese in a bowl with the electric blender until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon orange extract. Add confectioners' sugar gradually and beat until well combined. Spread frosting onto cooled cake.

Recipe Yield

1 loaf

Recipe Note

For those of you who may not like the very spicy, dark version so often served during the holidays, this loaf is lighter and very moist. A hint of orange is a wonderful addition, and the cream cheese icing is a perfect complement. It tastes best the next day.

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