Norwegian Cardamom Cake

Serve this with coffee or tea. As per Dreamer's suggestion in her review, I have changed the amount of vanilla wafers needed. Crush enough wafers to have enough crumbs to coat your pan.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

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

Directions

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