Gingerbread with Light Cream Cheese Frosting

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1 tbsp Ginger, root

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Molasses, unsulphured

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp All-spice, ground
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Brown sugar, dark packed
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1/4 tsp Cloves, ground
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour

• Dairy

  • 7 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk, low-fat

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Description

Ingredients

• ½ cup low fat buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ cups whole wheat flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground all spice
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger root
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• ¾ cup dark brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup unsulphured molasses
• 2 large eggs

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your choose pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and brushing a little of the melted butter around the sides.
• Pour vanilla into the buttermilk and set aside.
• Whisk together dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Stir in grated ginger.
• Use an electric stand or hand mixer and a medium bowl to combine the brown sugar and melted butter. Mix on medium speed, scraping sides as needed until butter and sugar are fully blended and the color lightens.
• Add the eggs one at a time. Mix at low speed and fully combine each egg before moving on.
• Continue on low speed and add the molasses.
• Increase mixer to medium speed. Alternately add the flour and buttermilk. Add the flour in thirds so it is the first and last addition. Mix until the batter is a uniform color.
• Pour completed batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes until the center is firm and a probe or toothpick can be inserted and come out clean. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning the loaf out to cool on a wrack. Allow loaf to cool completely before frosting the top.

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