Ingredients

The following ingredients have 8 Servings
  • ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 orange, zested and juiced (about ½ cup orange juice)
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp heavy cream
  • candied ginger, roughly chopped
  • orange zest, mixed with 1 tsp white sugar
  • dried cranberries, roughly chopped

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Grease and flour 1 (9”) loaf pan
  • Place applesauce, eggs, oil, juice and white sugar into the Vitamix container
  • Select Variable 1
  • Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 5
  • Blend for 10 seconds
  • Add to the Vitamix the flour baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and ginger
  • Pour into the prepared loaf pan
  • Bake for 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of one muffin comes out clean.Rinse out the vitamin container and add to it the powdered sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract, salt and heavy cream
  • Select Variable 1
  • Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 5
  • Blend for 10 seconds, until the frosting comes together
  • This makes enough for 2 loaves (or more)
  • Let the gingerbread cool before frosting.Sprinkle the frosting with the candied ginger, candied orange zest and dried cranberries