Gingerbread Quick Bread
by Brava Chef Erin
Servings
About 9 slices
Active Time
~15 min
Total Time
~1 hr 20 min
About this Recipe
This gingerbread quick bread is sure to get you into the holiday spirit. Loaded with warm Christmas spices and topped with a sweet and creamy cream cheese frosting, it’s the perfect treat for a cold winter day. Not to mention, your house will smell like Christmas while it bakes in Brava!
About this Recipe
This gingerbread quick bread is sure to get you into the holiday spirit. Loaded with warm Christmas spices and topped with a sweet and creamy cream cheese frosting, it’s the perfect treat for a cold winter day. Not to mention, your house will smell like Christmas while it bakes in Brava!
Ingredients
- For the gingerbread:
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2¼ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1¼ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅓ cup dark molasses (not blackstrap)
- ½ cup water
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 14 tablespoons butter (1¾ sticks), melted and cooled
- For the frosting and garnish:
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries (optional)
- 1 tablespoon candied ginger, thinly sliced (optional)
From Your Pantry
cooking spray
kosher salt
Equipment
Brava loaf pan
mixing bowls
stand mixer (optional)
wire cooling rack
spatula
Nutrition Information
Allergens: Milk, Eggs, Wheat (Gluten)
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1
Make batter
- In medium bowl, stir together flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, kosher salt, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
- In small bowl, whisk together molasses, ½ cup of water and baking soda.
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whip brown sugar and eggs together on high speed until mixture is light in color, about 3 minutes. Stop mixer and scrape down bowl with spatula.
- On low speed, using paddle attachment slowly add melted butter until combined.
- Add ⅓ of flour mixture until combined, then ⅓ of liquid mixture. Repeat until flour and liquid mixtures are fully incorporated.
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2
Pour batter into pan
- Lightly butter or spray Brava loaf pan.
- Add batter to loaf pan.
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3
Bake bread
- Press green button to begin preheating Brava.
- When Brava is preheated, slide loaf pan into top shelf. Press green button to begin baking.
- When your food is done, transfer loaf pan to wire rack and let cool completely before serving.
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4
Make cream cheese frosting
- While cake is cooling, make frosting.
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whip together butter and cream cheese on medium speed for two minutes. Stop mixer and scrape down bowl and whisk with spatula.
- On low speed, slowly add powdered sugar, vanilla and a pinch of kosher salt until combined.
- Turn speed to high and whip for 3 minutes.
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5
Finish and serve
- Carefully remove gingerbread from loaf pan.
- Frost gingerbread loaf with cream cheese frosting.
- Garnish with dried cranberries and slices of candied ginger and serve.
