Orange Harvest Tea Bread With Grand Marnier Hard Sauce

• 3 cups white whole-wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, very soft
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 orange, any variety, juiced and zest removed
• 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger fresh
• 2 tablespoons very finely chopped candied or crystallized ginger
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup roasted pumpkin, mashed or pureed
• 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potato
• 1/2 cup very finely chopped toasted walnuts, optional
• Grand Marnier Hard Sauce and/or Maple-Ginger Butter, for serving

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease a 9"x5" loaf pan.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the remaining ingredients. Gently add dry ingredients to the large mixing bowl, stirring and folding by hand until the batter is well combined but not overmixed.
3. Spoon batter into prepared ban and bake in bottom third of oven for about one hour, checking after 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (A crack running lengthwise down the middle is characteristic of quick breads.) Allow to cool in the pan on a rack for 30 minutes; remove from pan and wrap snugly in plastic wrap to cool completely before slicing.
4. For Grand Marnier Hard Sauce: Cream together 1/2 cup (one stick) unsalted butter with 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier and blend well. For Maple-Ginger Butter: Place a piece of fresh ginger about the size of a garlic clove into a garlic press; squeeze the juice into a small mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup (one stick) softened unsalted butter butter and 1/4 cup maple syrup; blend well.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/7625-orange-harvest-tea-bread-with-grand-marnier-hard-sauce (may not work)