Gingerbread Loaf
A gingerbread loaf is a moist, spiced, quick bread traditionally enjoyed during the holiday season. Packed with warm spices like ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg and sweetened with molasses or brown sugar, this treat embodies the cozy flavors of winter.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 cups butter, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup hot water
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp salt
Maple Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tsp maple s syrup
- 2-3 tsp water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease a 9x5 inches loaf pan
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
- Beat egg until light and fluffy stir in molasses.
- Dissolve baking soda in hot water, and set aside.
- Sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, clove , and salt.
- Add flour mixture alternately with dissolved baking soda into creamed mixture, stirring until blended.
- Pour mixture into cake pan.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until inserted tester into the center comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
Maple Vanilla Glaze
- Mix icing sugar, water, and maple syrup, until smooth.
- Drizzle over the cake.