Roasted Cardamom and Coffee Pound Cake
Roasted Cardamom and Coffee Pound Cake ~ this unique pound cake is infused with the fragrant and exotic flavors of Turkish coffee ~ it's perfect for breakfast, coffee breaks, afternoon tea, or dessert.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp toasted and finely ground cardamom seeds, measured after grinding
- 1/2 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
- 1 1/2 tsp instant espresso powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 ounces 1 stick butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
Vanilla Bean Glaze
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- seeds from 1 vanilla bean
- heavy cream, a few Tablespoons
Instructions
- Set oven to 325F
- Whisk the first 5 dry ingredients together and set aside.
- Mix the sour cream, vanilla, and espresso powder together, until the espresso powder completely dissolves. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Add the flour to the butter and sugar, alternately with the sour cream. Blend until combined, and then spread in a greased loaf pan.
- Bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For the glaze, mix the sugar and vanilla seeds together, then add the cream, slowly, until you get a thick but spreadable glaze. Glaze the cake when it's completely cool.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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