Best Gingerbread Loaf Recipes

GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, milk, syrup and oil. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thin). Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. , Bake at 325° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

PUMPKIN-CRANBERRY-ORANGE GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and lightly dust the bottom with flour.
• Zest the entire orange, avoiding the white (pith). Peel and section the orange and remove all seeds. Chop orange pulp in the bowl of a food processor or blender until fine. Reserve with the zest.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until very well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly incorporated. Stir in pumpkin, reserved chopped orange and zest, orange juice, and grated ginger.
• Whisk flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir into the wet batter until almost all is moistened, but do not overwork. Fold in dried cranberries and pecans. Turn into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan, on a wire rack, for 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on the wire rack before wrapping.

GINGERBREAD & HONEY LOAF

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Put the honey, butter and sugar in a saucepan and warm over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Remove from the heat and pour in the milk and vanilla, then set aside to cool.
• Tip the flour into a bowl with the baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt. Add the egg, then gently fold in along with the melted butter mixture. Once combined, tip into the prepared tin, place on a baking tray, and bake for 40 mins until springy to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then place on a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.

GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl.
• Combine milk, maple syrup, eggs, and oil in a bowl. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture until just moistened into a thin batter. Pour evenly into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans and cooling completely on wire racks.

GINGERBREAD AND APPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter 1 large loaf pan or 2 smaller ones.
• Warm up syrup, water, butter, and sugar in a pan over low heat until butter and sugar are just melted. Remove from heat and mix well.
• Grate apples directly into the pan. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, and allspice into the batter. Stir until just combined; do not overmix. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

BREAD MACHINE GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Put ingredients into bread machine in order listed, except the raisins. Leave those aside.
• Set machine for 2 pound loaf, white bread, light crust.
• Add raisins when the machine tells you to. (It should beep -- if it starts talking to you, you've got some real problems.).
• Note: I used dried fruits not just raisins and found they added a little too much moisture because I soaked them. During the second rise I added a little more flour until the dough no longer stuck to the side of the pan.

TRADITIONAL GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and dust with flour or line with parchment paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg together in a medium mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Combine milk, brown sugar, molasses, oil, applesauce, and eggs in a large bowl; mix together until well blended. Stir into flour mixture until just blended. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store at room temperature, or freeze.

PUMPKIN - GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Cream together margarine, sugar, and eggs.
• Combine all dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternately with water and pumpkin.
• Beat well.
• Pour into 3 well greased loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minute or until toothpick comes out clean.

PAIN D'ÉPICES - SPICED FRENCH GINGERBREAD LOAF WITH HONEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/360°F.
• Warm the milk and then add the honey, sugar and butter stirring well.
• Put the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and quatre -épices in a mixing bowl, make a well in the middle, break the egg into it, and add the milk mixture. Mix well (or just throw the whole lot into a food processor). Add the crystallised ginger and mix well once again.
• Pour into a well buttered 23-cm loaf tin and bake for 25 minutes. Lower the heat to 150C/300F and cook for a further 15 minutes. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack.
• Store wrapped in clingfilm to keep it moist.

GINGERBREAD LOAF CAKE WITH LEMON FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 inch loaf pan. Set aside. Stir together flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in lemon extract. Mix baking soda into applesauce. Stir this into creamed butter mixture. Add flour mixture. Mix until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• 2. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool on a wire rack while preparing frosting.
• 3. FOR FROSTING: Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in vanilla and lemon extract. Slowly beat in powdered sugar. Once the cake has cooled, spread the frosting on top. Garnish with lemon zest if desired.

RAISIN GINGERBREAD LOAF WITH GINGER ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350, butter and flour 9 in sq baking pan.
• To make gingerbread, in a large bowl, combine the brown sugar, molasses, boiling water and butter.
• Blend by hand or electric mixer set on low.
• While the mixture is still hot, add the baking soda, egg and raisins.
• In a small bowl.
• re sift the flour with the cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
• Stir into the molasses mixture.
• Add the candied ginger and mix well without incorporating too many bubbles.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• To make icing, in a small bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Add then the sugar and beat until smooth.
• Mix in the vanilla and candied ginger.
• Chill briefly before frosting the gingerbread.

SPICY GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Cream first 4 ingredients.
• Mix in the dry ingredients.
• Add hot water and crystallized ginger and stir until just combined.
• Pour batter into greased baking pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, between 30 and 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.

GINGERBREAD BREAKFAST LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
• Sift together flours, baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• Whisk together milk, molasses, oil, applesauce, eggs, brown sugar, and grated ginger (if using).
• Fold liquid mixture together with flour mixture, taking care not to over-mix.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour.

ELLENS GINGERBREAD TEA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare a 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan (or Nordicware gingerbread loaf pan) with a non-stick baking spray.
• Using some light brown sugar (or plain granulated sugar), dust the bottom and all sides of the pan, leaving a thin coating of the sugar.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, pepper, cloves, fennel, nutmeg, star anise, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix in 3 tablespoons of crystallized ginger; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer with a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until light and creamy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well mixed.
• Add the vanilla extract and the fresh ginger.
• Slowly mix in 1/2 of the flour/spice mixture; then add milk and yogurt.
• Add the remaining 1/2 of the flour/spice mixture; blend just until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining 3 tablespoons of crystallized ginger over the top surface of the batter, pressing the ginger lightly into the batter.
• Bake approximately 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven, let pan cool on a wire rack for ten minutes, and then turn cake out out of the loaf pan onto the wire rack to cool completely. When completely cool, using a fine mesh strainer, dust the top lightly with confectioners (powdered) sugar.
• If desired, garnish with whipped cream and seasonal berries.

CHOCOLATE GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 35o degrees. Grease a 9 X 5 inch loaf pan.
• Mix brown sugar and butter together until creamy. Mix in corn syrup, eggs and buttermilk until well combined.
• Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
• Add flour mixture to the brown sugar mixture. Stir together until combined. Pour into the loaf pan.
• Bake 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in dish for 5 minutes; cool completely on a wire rack.

OLD FASHIONED GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
• In a medium saucepan, gently melt the butter and golden syrup together.
• In a mixer cream together egg, and sugar - mix well.
• Add the melted syrup mixture.
• Sift and mix in all other ingredients except the baking soda and milk.
• Mix the baking soda with the milk then gradually stir this into the mix. The mixture will be quite runny.
• Pour into loaf tin and cook for about 35 mins or until ready when tested with skewer.

STARBUCKS COPYCAT GINGERBREAD LOAF RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease four mini loaf pans 6x3x2" with cooking spray. 2.In a medium bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside. In the bowl of a standup mixer with a paddle attachment cream butter and sugars together. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add the apple sauce and sour cream. Add the flour mixture slowly mixing well. 3.Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30 min. or until a cake tester comes out clean. 4.Cool for 5 minutes and then remove from pan, cool completely on racks. 5.For the frosting, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer until soft and light. Add the vanilla and slowly add 1/2 cup of icing sugar at a time and blend in. Spread the icing on top of the cakes and decorate with the candied ginger.

COPYCAT STARBUCKS GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt.
• Then set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in orange extract.
• Mix baking soda into applesauce and stir into creamed butter mixture.
• Add flour mixture. Mix until smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 to 50 minutes or until a
• toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• FROSTING:
• Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in vanilla and orange extract. Slowly beat in confectioner's sugar.
• Once the cake has cooled, evenly spread the frosting on top. Decorate with chopped candied orange peel or candied ginger .

GINGERBREAD LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and butter and line a 900g loaf tin. Put the honey, butter and sugar in a saucepan and warm over a low heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the sugar dissolved. Remove from the heat and pour in the milk and vanilla, then set aside to cool.
• Tip the flour into a bowl with the baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt. Add the egg, then gently fold in along with the melted butter mixture. Once combined, tip into the prepared tin, place on a baking tray, and bake for 40 mins until springy to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then place on a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.

STARBUCKS COPYCAT GINGERBREAD LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Spray a 9×5 loaf pan lightly with cooking spray.
• Cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and the egg.
• Mix in the applesauce.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices and then add it to the bowl slowly.
• When flour is incorporated, turn the batter into loaf pan, and spread evenly.
• Bake for about 45 minutes, or until it is risen and a toothpick comes out clean. Check frequently, and be careful not to overbake. You want the loaf to be moist. It will dry out quickly if overbaked.
• Let cool completely on a rack before frosting.
• Beat the cream cheese with the vanilla and then add 2 cups sugar and the orange zest and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Spread a thick layer of the frosting over the gingerbread loaf.
• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for several days. I like to warm a slice just slightly in the microwave (about 15 seconds) before enjoying with my coffee.