This moist and spiced loaf cake will transform your entire house into the holiday spirit. The flavours are also reminiscent of Starbucks Cranberry Ginger Bars that I used to love.

Note that the raw cranberries are for decoration only. If you prefer, dried semi-sweetened cranberries would be both festive AND edible. The recipe was one of my late Grandmother’s treasures that was modified from an 8″ x 8″ cake into a loaf.

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Gingerbread Loaf

This moist and spiced loaf cake will transform your entire house into the holiday spirit.

Prep Time20

Cook Time45

Course: Dessert, Snack

Keyword: Gingerbread, Holiday Recipes, Loaf

Author: alisonmacdonald

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup molasses
1/3 cup grated fresh ginger

Dry ingredients

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp tsp ground cinnamon
1 pinch salt
1 cup hot water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar on med-high until light and fluffy
Add egg and molasses and cream again on low for 30 seconds. Stir in grated ginger.
In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients.
Stir dry ingredients into wet and pour over the hot water until mixed.
Bake in greased or baking paper lined loaf pan. Baking time will vary depending on the size of the loaf tin. Check using a wooden skewer if ready.
Let cool until warm then top with a glaze of icing sugar and lemon juice (or cream for more opaque glaze). Serve with whipping cream if desired.