Swedish Cardamom Coffee Cake

photo by chia2160

- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 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
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 9-inch tube or bundt pan with butter; dust with cookie crumbs, set aside.
- Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl; set aside.
- 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.
- Beat in cardamom and cinnamon; add flour mixture; beat until just combined; add sour cream, beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Pour batter into pan.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
- Let stand 5 minutes; turn out on a wire rack; cool completely.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar.
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Reviews
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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!
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When I saw this recipe I went nuts--its been years since I had a good cardamom coffeecake. Being swedish I was used to eating cardamom coffee cake regularly, from a swedish bakery. Its nice to know I can now make it myself and serve it to my family. It was absolutely delicious. My sister was over when I was making it and she and I devoured half of it. The texture was light and the only change we made was to sprinkle the top with a mixture of sugar, cardamom and cinnamon. (my personal preference). Thanks Hey Jude for a great receipe.
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Thank you so much Hey Jude for sharing this lovely treat. I made the cake in a bundt pan and it turned out just beautifully. I also took your advice and ground my own cardomom pods, what a difference it makes. The cake has a lovely light subtle flavour and is moist and tender. I served mine warm with whipped cream and a hot cup of tea.
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Hey Jude
Winter, Wisconsin