Name: Spice Cake With Cardamom-Coffee Icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 cake, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup dark brown sugar; 1 cup sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 1/4 cups buttermilk; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tablespoon espresso powder; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 cup butter; 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

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Spice Cake With Cardamom-Coffee Icing created by Leslie

This Scandinavian spice cake is a great recipe to serve friends who come over for coffee. Adjust the icing to your liking... Recipe adapted from Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland

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ingredients

Cake
2 ¹⁄₄ cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground cloves
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground black pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon ground cardamom
¹⁄₂ cup butter
¹⁄₂ cup dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons vanilla
1 ¹⁄₄ cups buttermilk
Cardamom-Coffee Icing
¹⁄₄ cup milk
1 tablespoon espresso powder
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter
³⁄₄ cup confectioners' sugar

directions

To make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift dry ingredients.
In a large bowl, cream butter & sugars; add eggs one at a time; then vanilla, mixing until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
Beat in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat until just smooth, about a minute.
Pour into two 8-inch (or a 13x9) greased and floured pans. Bake for about 30-35 minutes for layers, 35-40 minutes for 13X9 cake, or until cake tester is removed clean.
Remove from oven and cool on racks about 10 minutes. Remove from pans and finish cooling on racks.
To make the icing:
Heat milk and dissolve espresso powder in it, then allow it to cool.
Beat together remaining ingredients, add coffee mixture and continue beating until fluffy.
Ice cake when cool.

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review by Food4Pedro

11/25/2006

Very moist and tasty! The spices in this cake really stand out and the cake just melts in your mouth. The coffee icing is the bomb. I agree with Elmotoo - it ROCKS!

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photo by Leslie

6/19/2006

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review by Leslie

6/17/2006

So I made this today for company that is coming over tonight, and I had to sneak a piece...I can't say enough how good this is!! Wow, it knocked me out! Now, I did not have buttermilk, but I improvised and used some sour cream mixed with milk and I imagine it had the same effect, a beautiful moist cake with a delectable icing! Thanks for posting!!

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