Carrot Ginger Spiced Bread with Orange Glaze
Carrot Ginger Spiced Bread with Orange Glaze is perfect for leftover spring carrots. Most of the spices are likely already in your pantry.
Moist and nutty with warming spices, this bread delights any time of day. Enjoy it for breakfast, brunch, or a summer afternoon treat with iced coffee.
A slice of this deliciously spiced bread perfect quick morning bite. Tip: warm it in the toaster and spread on soft butter, yum!) this bread is like enjoying carrot cake for breakfast.
The added glaze is the perfect complement to the bread. It is so simple and so full of orange flavor from fresh orange zest.
Out of all the breads available, I would say banana bread is one of the nationwide popular ones. I have a good one that is really popular and is moist and nutted up with almonds (is nutted up a term)? It’s almond banana bread, you must give it a try.
This bread has a lovely ingredient added that brings and enhances the ginger flavor, candied ginger. It is chopped small, but the little chewy pieces are so good.
How to make Carrot Ginger Spiced Bread with Orange Glaze – Step by Step
When baking, the dry ingredients get mixed first. In this case, the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
To a separate bowl add the wet ingredients, butter, sugar and eggs. Mix well.
The dry ingredients are added to the wet in batches alternating with flour and milk until well combined.
Add the freshly grated carrots and mix them in. Then stir in nutty pecans and the fragrant candied ginger.
Mix the batter and pour it into a buttered loaf pan.
Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
Oven times may vary, so keep an eye on it.
While the bread bakes, make the easy orange glaze.
Once the bread cools, drizzle the glaze on top and enjoy.
Is sugar a wet ingredient?
Yes, bakers consider sugar a wet ingredient because it dissolves into liquids.
Carrot Ginger Spiced Bread with Orange Glaze
Ingredients
For the bread:
- 2 cups (300 grams) all-purpose/plain flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- 4 tablespoons (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- ⅔ cup (132 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature, beaten
- 3 medium carrots, peeled and grated
- ½ cup (118 ml) whole milk
- ½ cup (65 grams) pecans, chopped
- 1 ½ tablespoon candied ginger, finely chopped
For the glaze:
- 1 cup (120 grams) powdered/icing sugar
- ½ teaspoon orange zest, grated
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
Instructions
Make the bread:
- Butter a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Preheat oven to 350° F/175°C.
- To a mixing bowl sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
- To another bowl cream the butter and sugar, beat until combined. Beat the eggs into the butter and fold in the carrots
- Fold in 1/2 of the flour mix until combined, then fold in 1/2 of the milk then fold in the rest of the flour and finish with folding in the rest of the milk. Stir in the pecans and candied ginger.
- Spread the batter into the loaf pan evenly and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes until browned and when an toothpick is inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the loaf from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Make the glaze:
- While the bread is cooling, to a bowl, add the powdered sugar and orange zest. Whisk in the milk adding just enough to make the glaze the consistency of heavy whipping cream. Pourable, but thick.
- When the bread is cool, drizzle the top with the glaze.
How do I convert to muffins?
This bread would make delicious muffins. I haven’t tried this myself, but my guess would be to fill the muffin cups to 3/4 full. Then bake them at 350°F for around 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them, they will be done when the tops are no longer wet feeling and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. Enjoy.
YUM! This bread looks and sounds so moist and fragrant! I love carrot and ginger together – such a delicious combination. Pinning for later ♥
Wow, this Carrot Ginger Spiced Bread so cute! I would love to eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!
This bread sounds so flavourful! I’d be tempted to keep cutting myself off a slice.
How delicious is this!! I would love a slice right now with my coffee!!
So much flavor in this bread! I love the extra layer of flavor with the glaze! Cant wait to give your recipe a try!