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 caloriescarbohydrate: 85.5 gcholesterol: 61.3 mgfat: 21.6 gfiber: 1.5 gprotein: 4.8 gsaturatedFat: 13.5 gservingSize: -sodium: 615 mgsugar: 65 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Holiday Gingerbread
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan or a square baking pan.
Stir flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together in a bowl.
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.
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.
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.