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Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf

Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf - make it at home. It tastes just like the real deal but better because you know exactly what's in it!
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 3 hours
Author Adapted by Annie Straus from Restaurant Recipe Blog

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for the gingerbread loaf:
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons ginger
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract optional
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • Ingredients for the frosting:
  • 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon orange extract
  • 2 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350˚ F. Grease and flour a large loaf pan (9×5″), you could also use four mini loaf pans 6x3x2″.2. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt, then set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in orange extract.
  3. Mix baking soda into applesauce and stir into creamed butter mixture. Add flour mixture. Mix until smooth.
  4. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  5. Bake at 350˚F for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
  6. For the icing, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in vanilla and orange extract. Slowly beat in confectioner’s sugar.
  7. Once the cake has cooled, evenly spread the frosting on top. Decorate with chopped candied orange peel or candied ginger.