Spicy Cardamom Coffee Cake
"This is a recipe my friend Jen served at Easter brunch that I had to have the recipe for. It is very spicy (2 Tablespoons of cardamom!) and yummy. It is wonderful served with strawberries, but just fine on its own."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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12-24
ingredients
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Cake
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cardamom
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup milk or 1/2 cup cream
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Topping
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans would work well)
directions
- Cake: Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
- Beat eggs in one at a time.
- Add vanilla.
- Stir in the baking powder, soda, salt, and Cardamom.
- Stir in the floor one cup at a time, adding sour cream and milk as you go along.
- Topping: In a separate bowl mix together the"topping" ingredients.
- To Assemble: You can bake this in a few different style pans.
- A bundt cake pan would work well.
- I used two tall round 8" cake pans.
- Oil your pans well.
- Pour the batter in your pans- be sure to leave some room at the top as these cakes should rise.
- Sprinkle the top with your topping.
- Alteration: Instead of sprinkling the topping over the cake, you might prefer to pour half your batter in the pan, create an inside layer by sprinkling in some of your topping and then pour the remaining batter in your pan and sprinkle the rest of the nut mixture over the top.
- You can always whip up some more topping if you need to!
- To Bake: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- This is a dense cake and will bake for about an hour (in a bundt cake pan).
- Keep checking on it by inserting a knife in the top.
- If it comes out clean, it's done.
- To Serve: Let the cake cool for a while (at least half an hour).
- Turn the cake over and slide onto a plate (if you have used a bundt cake pan).
- If you used a cake pan, loosen the edges of the cake pan with a knife, gently easing the cake up out of the pan.
- If you need to, turn the cake over and gently tap it out of the pan, once the cake is out of the pan you can turn it back over onto a plate for presentation.
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Reviews
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Rita L (see my other recipe reviews) posted Nov 27, 2003 I made this in my first time used silicone bundt pan. Love it! I buttered the pan then I Mixed the topping with 3 tablespoons butter placed it in the bottom of the pan. Place the dough on top which I loaded with fresh ground cardamom Yummy! I used vanilla flavored yogurt in place of the sour cream. I baked for 70 minutes. Came out dark and dense. I left my husband alone with it and a 1/4 of it was gone yes he ate 1/4 of it in one seating and thats after a big meal! My Thanks to Gay for posting this and Jen for serving it to Gay! Loved it! -
This cake is WONDERFUL and the BEST green cardamom cake I have ever ever had! I halved the recipe and made just one 8-inch cake in honour of having completed 2 years today of my battle against obesity:) I did use low-fat plain yoghurt as a substitute for sour cream. I used low-fat milk for the milk/cream option. For the cake, I used 1 1/4 tbsps. of green cardamom(powdered). As for the topping, I used a little over 1/2 tbsp. of green cardamom(powdered). Also, I used almonds for the nuts. My friends' loved this cake to the core! Everyone jumped for the cake as soon as it was on the table;) I was told that it looked store-bought and tasted divine! Thank YOU so much for a fantastic recipe! I will, ofcourse, repeat this as often as I can:) -
This was just great! We loved it! I did Rita L's idea of mixing the topping with 3 tablespoons butter and placing on the bottom of the bundt pan, then putting dough on top of that mixture. I buttered the pan well before starting , it took 55 minutes to bake. It came out to the serving plate easily and had a nice slightly crunchy top. Thank you so much Gay for posting this one! -
Cardamom heaven. :) I am a big fan of the exotic-tasting spice, so I didn't find it too strong, unlike carpetsharkmom. I keep thinking that maybe it could use even more, but honestly, its just right! I did make a half recipe, which I just cooked in a loaf pan. It rose very well in my 9x5 loaf pan. I used whole wheat pastry flour for the flour called for and only added a pinch of salt, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Yum! My loaf took just short of an hour to bake at 350F. I followed the advice of Step 13, and put a layer of the topping halfway in the loaf, but don't know if it was worth it- its not particularly visible and it just sort of melted into the rest of the batter. I used pecans for the nuts, which go really well with the cardamom, IMO. I just served this as-is and it was great, but I am fantacizing about how spectaular this would be with strawberries and whipped cream. I will have to make it again once strawberries are in season again and try it. :) Very good cake, though. Dense, as Rita said, and rich. If you don't like cardamom, don't try this, but if you do, its wonderful! -
Goodt cake, the flavor and aroma is wonderful although 2 tbsp of cardamom was a bit strong. Next time I will decrease the amount of it and make a cream cheese frosting to top it off. This is definatly a keeper. LeeAnn
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Rita L (see my other recipe reviews) posted Nov 27, 2003 I made this in my first time used silicone bundt pan. Love it! I buttered the pan then I Mixed the topping with 3 tablespoons butter placed it in the bottom of the pan. Place the dough on top which I loaded with fresh ground cardamom Yummy! I used vanilla flavored yogurt in place of the sour cream. I baked for 70 minutes. Came out dark and dense. I left my husband alone with it and a 1/4 of it was gone yes he ate 1/4 of it in one seating and thats after a big meal! My Thanks to Gay for posting this and Jen for serving it to Gay! Loved it!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Gay Gilmore
Seattle, WA
I'm really just learning how to cook, but I hope that my skills at eating will really guide me in this endeavor. ;-) I think that sharing recipes on the internet is better than any cookbook. Of course, I founded Recipezaar, so I might be a little biased.
