Gingerbread Loaf

Name: Gingerbread Loaf
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 118 milliliters dark molasses, such as Grandmas Robust; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 118 milliliters well-shaken low-fat buttermilk; 8 Tbsps unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Gingerbread Loaf a try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 379 calories, 5g of protein, and 13g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Christmas. If you have kosher salt, brown sugar, vanillan extract, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in middle. Coat a 9-inch-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter, dust with flour, and tap out excess.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and cloves in a large bowl.

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Baking Soda

Allspice

Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Whisk to aerate and break up any lumps; set aside. In a separate medium bowl, stir together buttermilk and vanilla until combined.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

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Whisk

Bowl

Combine butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until light in color and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in molasses until well combined then add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well incorporated.Stop mixer and scrape bowl and paddle (mixture will look separated and curdled).

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Brown Sugar

Molasses

Butter

Egg

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add one third flour mixture beating on low speed just until flour is incorporated.

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All Purpose Flour

Add half buttermilk mixture and once batter is smooth add another third flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Add remaining buttermilk and mix until incorporated.

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Buttermilk

Add remaining flour mixture, and beat until incorporated and smooth.

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All Purpose Flour

Pour into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and cake is pulling away from sides of pan, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

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Toothpicks