Copycat Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf

4.33 from 49 votes

This Gingerbread Loaf is topped with a luscious cream cheese frosting; it’s the perfect slice of Christmas comfort to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea. Simple to bake, wonderfully festive, it is a must-make holiday recipe for anyone who loves Starbucks’ seasonal goodies.

Prep Time20

Cook Time50

Total Time1 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: festive gingerbread, ginger, gingerbread, loaf

Servings: servings

Calories: 355kcal

Author: Tara Noland

Equipment

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 a loaf pan 9x5″ with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand-up mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add the apple sauce, fresh ginger and sour cream. Add the flour mixture slowly, mixing well.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50 min. or until a cake tester comes out clean. If using mini loaf pan, bake for 30 minutes, testing for doneness.
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 cake and decorate with the candied ginger.

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