Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf
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Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf
Description
The Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf combines classic gingerbread spices—ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg—with a batter of butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and applesauce for moisture and sweetness. Flour and baking soda provide structure and leavening. The batter is mixed until combined then poured into a greased loaf pan and baked at 350°F for about 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
The result is a fragrant, moist loaf with the characteristic warmth of gingerbread spices. The chopped pecans add a subtle crunch. After cooling, a frosting made from room temperature cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar is whipped until smooth and creamy, then spread on top, bringing a tangy sweetness to complement the spices and cake texture.
This loaf works well as a seasonal dessert or snack, enjoyed sliced as is or with tea or coffee. Cooling the loaf before frosting is important to prevent melting the frosting. The recipe balances spice, sweet, and creamy elements to evoke the well-known Starbucks gingerbread flavor.
Ingredients
Loaf Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter room temperature, unsalted
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg room temp, large
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves ground
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- pecans chopped
Frosting Ingredients:
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ - 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Loaf Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick baking/ cooking spray.
- Add the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar together until it is fluffy. Add in the vanilla and egg while the electric mixer is still beating. Slowly blend in the applesauce.
- Add the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Stir to combine. Add this mixture to the butter, egg, sugar mixture blending until it is mixed.
- Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. (Or until it has risen and a toothpick comes out clean.)
- Set aside the loaf until it slightly cools. Transfer to a cooling rack before frosting.
Frosting Directions:
- Add the cream cheese and the vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Beat the cream cheese and vanilla together. Add the 1 1/2 cups of the powdered sugar beating until smooth and creamy. (Add a little more sugar if it's not as thick as you like.)
- Spread a thick layer of the frosting over the gingerbread loaf. Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 35329 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 12 | |
| Calories | 353.29kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 67.27g | 22% |
| Protein | 3.73g | 7% |
| Fat | 8.36g | 13% |
| Saturated Fat | 5.1g | 26% |
| Cholesterol | 35.11mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 165.78mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 67.4mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.93g | 4% |
| Sugar | 53.46g | 107% |
| Vitamin A | 267.05IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 44.11mg | 4% |
| Iron | 0.99mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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