Frosted Gingerbread Pound Cake Recipe - Six Sisters' Stuff

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter (room temperature)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg (room temperature)
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• zest from ½ orange (optional)
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 ½-2 cups powdered sugar
• Chopped peppermint pieces or chopped nuts (optional topping)