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Starbucks Gingerbread

Starbucks Gingerbread Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched salt, table spices, cinnamon, ground butter, without salt spices, cloves, ground sugars, granulated spices, ginger, ground leavening agent...

Starbucks Gingerbread

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
spices, cinnamon, ground
butter, without salt
spices, cloves, ground
sugars, granulated
spices, ginger, ground
leavening agents, baking soda
orange juice, raw
applesauce, canned, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid (includes usda commodity)
cheese, parmesan, hard
vanilla extract
sugars, granulated
orange juice, raw

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan, or even a square baking pan.
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Dissolve baking soda into applesauce and mix into creamed butter.
Add flour mixture.
Mix until smooth.
Pour the batter into a loaf pan.
Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out just slightly sticky.
(Be careful not to over bake, for this cake can dry out easily.
Just remember that the toothpick shouldn't come out clean, but a little sticky).
For the frosting, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla.
Gradually beat in the powdered sugar.
Frost the cake when it is completely cooled.
Decorate with chopped candied orange peel or candied ginger.
*Note: This recipe tastes best the next day.