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Copycat Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf

Tara Noland
You can now have this delicious loaf at home, Copycat Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf.
4.30 from 47 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 4 mini loaves

Ingredients
 

  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1/2 tablespoon fresh ginger finely grated
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup apple sauce
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

Frosting

  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups icing sugar
  • Candied ginger chopped in small squares

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease four mini loaf pans 6x3x2" with cooking spray.
  • In a medium bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside. In the bowl of a standup mixer with a paddle attachment cream butter and sugars together. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add the apple sauce and sour cream. Add the flour mixture slowly mixing well.
  • Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30 min. or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  • Cool for 5 minutes and then remove from pan, cool completely on racks.
  • For the frosting, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer until soft and light. Add the vanilla and slowly add 1/2 cup of icing sugar at a time and blend in. Spread the icing on top of the cakes and decorate with the candied ginger.
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