Cardamom Coffee Cake Food

APRICOT COFFEE CAKE WITH PISTACHIO-CARDAMOM CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Combine the flour, pistachios, brown sugar, cardamom and salt in a small bowl and mix well. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Dollop the apricot preserves on top and carefully smooth with the spatula. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate; invert back onto a rack to cool completely.

SPICY CARDAMOM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
• Beat eggs in one at a time.
• Add vanilla.
• Stir in the baking powder, soda, salt, and Cardamom.
• Stir in the floor one cup at a time, adding sour cream and milk as you go along.
• Topping: In a separate bowl mix together the"topping" ingredients.
• To Assemble: You can bake this in a few different style pans.
• A bundt cake pan would work well.
• I used two tall round 8" cake pans.
• Oil your pans well.
• Pour the batter in your pans- be sure to leave some room at the top as these cakes should rise.
• Sprinkle the top with your topping.
• Alteration: Instead of sprinkling the topping over the cake, you might prefer to pour half your batter in the pan, create an inside layer by sprinkling in some of your topping and then pour the remaining batter in your pan and sprinkle the rest of the nut mixture over the top.
• You can always whip up some more topping if you need to!
• To Bake: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• This is a dense cake and will bake for about an hour (in a bundt cake pan).
• Keep checking on it by inserting a knife in the top.
• If it comes out clean, it's done.
• To Serve: Let the cake cool for a while (at least half an hour).
• Turn the cake over and slide onto a plate (if you have used a bundt cake pan).
• If you used a cake pan, loosen the edges of the cake pan with a knife, gently easing the cake up out of the pan.
• If you need to, turn the cake over and gently tap it out of the pan, once the cake is out of the pan you can turn it back over onto a plate for presentation.

GLAZED CARDAMOM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Combine all filling ingredients in a small bowl.
• Combine all coffee cake ingredients in large bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
• Spoon HALF of batter into greased and floured 12 cup bundt pan or 10 inch angel food cake pan. Sprinkle filling over batter; spoon remaining batter over filling.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan. Cool off completely.
• Combine powdered sugar (it is best to sift the sugar prior to making the glaze) lemon extract and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl. drizzle over cooled cake.

CARDAMOM COFFEE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch loaf pan.
• combine dry ingredients (flour - cardamom).
• In another bowl combine wet ingredients (yogurt, 1 cup sugar - oil) and whisk. Stir in flour mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick or other tester. When cake is done let cool in pan 10 minutes and then place on a wire rack to finish cooling.
• In an saucepan add coffee and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Heat until sugar dissolves.
• When cake is still warm, poke holes in top of cake and pour coffee mixture over top. Let it soak in and let cake cool.
• To prepare icing: combine powdered sugar, remaining 2 tablespoons of coffee and a pinch of cardamom, stirring until smooth, adding more sugar if necessary to reach spreading consistency. When cake is cool drizzle icing over cake.

CARDAMOM STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake cardamom pods on a rimmed baking sheet until fragrant, about 10 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack; let cool completely. Finely grind cardamom in a spice grinder. Pass through a large-mesh sieve; set aside.
• Make the streusel: Whisk flour, brown sugar, 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, and the salt in a medium bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; set aside.
• Coat a 10-inch nonstick angel food cake pan with cooking spray; set aside.
• Make the cake: Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom, the cinnamon, and salt into a medium bowl. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the yogurt. Mix in vanilla.
• Spoon half of the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with 2 1/2 cups streusel. Top with remaining batter. Squeeze remaining streusel into large and small clumps; sprinkle on top of batter. Bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool 10 to 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan by slightly raising removable center piece; invert onto baking sheet, and then reinvert onto wire rack to cool completely.

COFFEE, CARDAMOM AND HAZELNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. Lightly grease a 20.5cm round, loose-bottomed, deep cake tin and line with baking parchment. For the cake, using a pestle and mortar, bash the cardamom pods to break the husks. Pick out black seeds and discard husks. Grind seeds until fine.
• Using a freestanding mixer or handheld electric whisk, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in eggs (if mixture looks as if it's curdling, mix in a few tbsp of the flour). Whisk in espresso/coffee.
• Sift in flour and add ground cardamom and hazelnuts. Fold in with a large metal spoon. Scrape into prepared tin, level gently and bake for 55-60min, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in tin for 5min, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the coffee syrup. Heat espresso/coffee, sugar and 50ml water in a small pan over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bubble until syrupy, about 5min. Set aside to cool.
• For the icing, beat butter using a freestanding mixer or handheld electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Sift in the icing sugar and whisk on a low speed until combined. Add the espresso/coffee and mix to combine.
• Cut the cooled cake in half horizontally. Use 1/3 of the icing to sandwich the halves back together and place cake on a cake stand or serving plate. Spread remaining icing over the top, drizzle over coffee syrup and scatter over the roasted hazelnuts. Serve in slices.

CARDAMOM & ALMOND COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• FILLING: In a medium bowl, mix together almonds, sugar, flour and cardamom and melted butter with a fork or your fingertips.
• CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda and set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time and beating well between additions.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Add the dry ingredients in thirds to the creamed butter mixture, alternating with the sour cream, beating in between additions and ending with dry ingredients.
• Scrape down the sides and beat for 1 minute to develop structure of cake.
• Line an 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease sides.
• Pour half of the batter into the pan and sprinkle half of the almond mixture over the cake.
• Pour the remaining batter into the pan, spreading it out if necessary.
• Top with the remaining almond mixture.
• Bake on the middle rack of oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cake is done when a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Leave cake in pan and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.

CARDAMOM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• To make the topping: Mix together the almonds, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, cardamom and melted butter with a fork until crumbly.
• To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together 2 cups flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda and set aside.
• Cream together the softened butter and 1 cup brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time and beat well between additions.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• Add the dry ingredients in thirds to the creamed mixture, alternating with the sour cream, beating in between additions and ending with dry ingredients.
• Scrape down the sides and beat for 1 more minute.
• Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan.
• Pour half of the batter into the pan and sprinkle with half of the almond mixture.
• Pour the remaining batter into the pan, spreading it out if necessary.
• Top with the remaining almond mixture.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes on the middle rack.
• The cake is done when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Leave the cake in the pan and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cool completely.