Though gingerbread isn’t just for Christmas, the smell and taste of gingerbread always bring Christmas to my mind. My mom used to make gingerbread pretty often. Of course, it didn’t have cream cheese frosting or pecans on it! Gingerbread is a budget friendly treat. You probably have most of the ingredients in your cupboard. This Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf inspired by the original recipe is topped with delicious cream cheese frosting and pecans. You could leave the frosting and pecans off for a breakfast treat, or frost away for a delicious dessert. It’s a very versatile bread!
Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf
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Loaf Ingredients:
1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter (room temperature)
1 C sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
large egg (room temp)
1 C applesauce
1 1/2 C flour
One tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
chopped pecans
Frosting Ingredients:
1/2 block cream cheese (room temperature)
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 – 2 C powdered sugar
Loaf Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare a 9×5 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.
Makes 8-12 servings.
Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf
This Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf Recipe is inspired by the original Starbucks recipe. It is perfect for the holiday season!
Ingredients
Loaf Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- chopped pecans
Frosting Ingredients
- 1/2 block cream cheese room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2-2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Loaf Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Prepare a 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick baking spray
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Add the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar together until it is fluffy.
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Add in the vanilla and egg while the electric mixer is still beating. Slowly blend in the applesauce.
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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.
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Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. (Or until it has risen and a toothpick comes out clean.)
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Set aside the loaf until it slightly cools. Transfer to a cooling rack before frosting.
Frosting Directions
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Add the cream cheese and the vanilla in a mixing bowl.
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Beat the cream cheese and vanilla together.
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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.)
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Spread a thick layer of the frosting over the gingerbread loaf.
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Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
Now, you might be thinking that you can’t just have this for breakfast. Well, you could, but here are some more options for breakfast that you need to try.
Can’t you just taste it now? Make sure you pin this recipe for later, and share it with your friends! They’ll thank you!
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This sounds really good–ty for the recipe.
This looks delicious and sounds incredible! I love all the spices that are in this gingerbread loaf and I can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Yummy! I cannot wait to try this Christmas
going to make this for the holidays.. My family loves gingerbread and I am always looking for new recipes….
OMG I haven’t had gingerbread in for ever it seems. I love it with cool whip on then sliced bananas – yummy yum yum
Oh this is dangerous,lol! I love all of the yummy baked goods at Starbucks.I will definitely be making this,thank you!
What a unique and lovely recipe!
Looks wonderful! Perfect for Xmas.
Now this looks delicious and so pretty too!
Yum, this looks good! Pinning this to try for myself.
This sounds delicious! I love gingerbread and will definitely try to make this!
Yumm! This gingerbread loaf looks amazing!
This recipe sounds delicious. It seems perfect for the holiday season.
I haven’t had gingerbread in years! Even when we make the gingerbread house, I didn’t even nibble on it. But this looks scrumptious!! I had to pin this!! Thank you for sharing! YUM ?
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I pinned this recipe. It looks scrumptious! I was never a fan of gingerbread. Even when we made gingerbread houses, I never even took a little nibble off of it. This recipe just might change my mind! After all, I don’t like wasting food ?
It was here 🙂 I just have to approve comments so I don’t get spam! Thanks for stopping and for pinning this!
This looks really tasty. You can see how moist it is! Yum.
Oh my gosh! Making this for New years!
Nice festive deluxe loaf
I’ve never had this at Starbucks, but my Mom used to make something like this. I had forgotten about it, I going to make it with this recipe and enjoy some coffee and gingerbread and think of her. Thanks for sharing.
I love gingerbread! Enjoy!
I so want to try this one. To get the same thing at a Starbucks is ridiculously expensive. And I bet this tastes better.