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Swedish cardamom cake

Swedish cardamom cake

This Swedish cardamom cake features a tender, moist crumb and is infused with aromatic cardamom, perfect for dessert or a snack.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Swedish
Servings 12 slices
Calories 212 kcal

Equipment

  • springform round cake pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 cups all purpose flour plain flour
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.5 tablespoon cardamom ideally freshly ground
  • 1 cup sugar use a relatively fine white sugar
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter room temperature or at least cut in small pieces
  • 2 units eggs
  • 0.5 cup milk whole/full fat recommended
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar optional, approximate, to top

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350F/175C and line the base of an 8in/20cm springform round cake pan/tin. If you don't have a liner, at least grease it on the base and sides.
  • In a small-medium bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until the mixture is relatively glossy and the sugar is starting to dissolve. Add the eggs one at a time and mix in well. Mix in the milk so that it is well incorporated.
  • Add the flour mixture into the butter-egg mixture and stir until combined but try not to over-mix.
  • Pour the mixture into the lined cake pan/tin and spread the mixture to the edges with a spatula and flatten out the top. Bake for approximately 35-45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean and the cake is a gentle golden brown color.
  • Leave to cool on a cooling rack for at least 10 minutes before loosening around the edges to remove from the cake tin. Once cool, sift a little powdered sugar (icing sugar) on top before serving.

Notes

This cake quantity also works as a loaf - cooking time should be roughly the same. You can also make this as a bundt cake, if you prefer - for a 10 cup capacity bundt, you double everything but make it otherwise the same. Baking time will need to be increased to around an hour. If you prefer, instead of dusting with powdered sugar after, for a round/loaf cake you can add some pearl sugar to the top of the batter before baking.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 115mgPotassium: 99mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 296IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Baking, cake, cardamom, dessert, Snack, Swedish cardamom cake
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