Makes 1 loaf (16 slices)
Bread
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup prepared tea or water
- One-third cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- One-eight teaspoon ground cloves
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 3 to 5 teaspoons milk
- Additional ground cinnamon
- Heat oven to 350F (180C) ; grease bottom only of 8x 4 or 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with shortening or cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy ; beat in eggs, tea, one-thid cup milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla on low speed until ingredients are well combined.
- Stir in remaining bread ingredients just until moistened ; spread in pan.
- Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean ; cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack.
- Loosen sides of loaf from pan ; remove from pan to wire rack and let cool 30 minutes.
- In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon vanilla and 3 teaspoons of the milk, adding more milk by teaspoonfuls, until spreadable.
- Spread glaze over bread ; sprinkle additional cinnamon.
- Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing.
- Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.
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