Swedish Cardamom Coffee Cake

Hey Jude's Note:

Another lovely cardamom recipe, this one is adapted from the fantastic 'The Great Scandinavian Baking Book' by Beatrice Ojakangas. You can buy cardamom already ground but I prefer grinding it myself in a mortar and pestle, it's much tastier.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 cake

• 10 vanilla wafer cookies, crushed into crumbs
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease a 9-inch tube or bundt pan with butter; dust with cookie crumbs, set aside.
3. Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside.
4. Mix sugar and butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, about 5 minutes total.
5. Beat in cardamom and cinnamon; add flour mixture; beat until just combined; add sour cream, beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
6. Pour batter into pan.
7. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
8. Let stand 5 minutes; turn out on a wire rack; cool completely.
9. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Reviews

[chia]

this is delicious! timing was right on and it popped right out of the pan, this doesn't rise as high as the usual bundt cake, less batter, but it looks and tastes wonderful. if you love cardamom you must try this cake!

[qjohnson]

HeyJude speaks the truth: grind your own cardamom. I used some preground that was lingering in the cupboard, and everything about the cake was great...except that the flavour was flat. I was so mad at myself for taking the lazy route. Next time I'm going to do it properly! Thanks for sharing.

[L.A. Stewart - way upstate N.Y.]

Having a wee bit of Scandanavian in me, I saw this recipe and frothed. However, I knew if I made a bundt cake, they would ask which old lady in the neighborhood dropped it off and it wouldn't be eaten. So, I made the batter and made them into cupcakes. It made 14 cupcakes filled 3/4 full to the top. I baked them at 325 degrees conVECTION for 25 minutes. I piped a little vanilla icing flower on top of each one. That was three hours ago...they're all gone! ...I might want to double the amounts next time!!!! This was a phenominal recipe and I will make it in Bundt form to bring to get-togethers...but this worked GREAT as cupcakes too! Thank you for sharing this recipe Hey Jude! Kudos!