Ginger is a fabulous ingredient working in both savoury and sweet dishes! One of my favourites is the classic gingerbread cookie and I also really enjoy a simple ginger bread loaf or cake! This gingerbread loaf is so easy to make! It’s a really simple quick bread where you mix the wet ingredients, mix the dry ingredients, mix them together, pour them into the pan and bake! For the wet ingredients in this bread I like to go with a combination of butter, yogurt and apple sauce which keeps the cake fairly light, super moist and tender. The flavour comes from powdered ginger along with chunks of candied ginger with a side of spices. I like to top this bread off with a fresh lemon icing and it’s great for dessert, snack or breakfast, especially over the holidays!
Freshly sliced and slathered with melting butter!
Gingerbread Loaf with Lemon Icing
A light, moist and tender gingerbread loaf with chucks of candied ginger topped with a lemon glaze!
ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1⁄2 cup candied ginger, diced
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup powdered/icing/confectioners sugar
directions
- Mix the brown sugar, yogurt, apple sauce, butter and molasses followed by the eggs.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the well until just incorporated before mixing in the ginger and pouring the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until lightly golden brown on top and a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about 45-60 minutes.
- Let cool before drizzling on the mixture of the lemon juice and powdered/icing/confectioners sugar and slicing!
Option: Add diced pears!
Option: Add dried cranberries!
Option: Add white chocolate chips!
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This is a great gingerbread recipe! I made it last night and it turned out perfect. The flavor is great and it’s moist. thanks
I am making this but with Maple Icing!
Enjoy!
Do the pieces of candied ginger go into the cake and not in the icing? What if I can’t get candied ginger?
Regards
Judy.
I really don’t like candied ginger would it be pretty good if I increased the powdered ginger and left out the candied?
The candied ginger is there more for texture and you can simply omit it without increasing the ground ginger. Enjoy!
Do like the Sak’s 5th Avenue Chef in Beverly Hills, CA did (maybe still does?) add chunks of dates to the Gingerbread batter….omg, to die for!
I made this for Christmas gifts,thanks for a great recipe!
I made this for Christmas gifts. Thanks for a great recipe!
I made this for Christmas gifts,thanks for a great recipe!
candied ginger go into the cake is nice
Kevin, have you tried this recipe with gluten free flour? if so, did it come out OK? thank you
I have not tried it with with a gluten-free flour. If I were to try it with a gluten-free flour I would start with one that advertises that it can be used as a 1:1 substitute for all-purpose flour; otherwise some recipe modifications may be required.