Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake. The flavors of coffee and cardamom went so well together in my Turkish Coffee that I want to keep the vibe going with this aromatic little cake. I'd already roasted my cardamom pods and seeds for the coffee, so when I saw this recipe for Toasted Cardamom Pound Cake it was a no-brainer— I tweaked it by adding dark rich coffee and a luscious vanilla bean glaze. Add the ground cardamom to one bowl and fold to combine.
Step five 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. Place cake on a wire rack over a sheet pan. You can have Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake
- You need 1 1/2 cup of flour.
- It’s 2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- It’s 1 tsp of cardamom plus a pinch.
- It’s 1 cup of plain greek yogurt.
- You need 1 1/4 cup of sugar, divided.
- It’s 3 of eggs.
- You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
- You need 1/2 tsp of coffee extract.
- You need 1/3 cup of olive oil.
- You need 1/2 cup of plus 2 tblsp. brewed coffee.
- Prepare 1 cup of powdered sugar.
While cake is warm, poke holes in top of cake, pour coffee mixture over top and allow it to soak in. Pour the coffee mixture over the cake and leave it to soak in as the cake cools. To prepare the icing, combine powdered sugar, brewed coffee and cardamom, stirring until smooth. Below we present the Cardamom Coffee Cake as it was written in the original Moosewood Cookbook.
Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake step by step
- preheat oven to 350. grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/4 in. loaf pan.
- combine flour, baking powder, salt and 1 tsp. cardamom.
- combine yogurt, 1 C sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee extract and oil. ; whisk well. slowly stir in flour mixture. pour batter into prepared pan and bake 50-55 min. until a toothpick comes out clean..
- place 1/4 brewed coffee in a saucepan. add remaining 1/4 C sugar. heat until sugar dissolves. when cake is done, let cook in pan 10 min. place cake on a wire rack over a sheet pan. while cake is warm, poke holes in top on cake, pour coffee mixture over top and allow it to soak in. let it cook..
- to prepare icing, combine powdered sugar, remaining 2 tblsp. of brewed coffee and a pinch of cardamom, stirring until smooth. add more sugar if necessary to reach spreading consistency. when cake is cool, drizzle glaze over cake..
We have tried to stick as closely to the original format as possible. This is a real improvement over the traditional pound cake, from just the small teaspoon of cardamom. Delicious cake with a moist, fine crumb and excellent coffee flavour. The cardamom was too subtle to taste, though its fragrance wafted through the house as the cake baked, but I used pre-ground cardamom that perhaps wasn't as new as I thought it was. Pistachio Cardamom Pound Cake features a classic Middle Eastern flavor pairing of warm cardamom spice and crunchy pistachios — it's an unusual and delicious cake perfect with coffee or tea.
