After some research, I found a coffee cake that I was willing to try out and made it for a visit with family friends.
Delicious, moist, and not overpowering, this was definitely a great dessert to go with coffee and tea.
Here's the recipe:
Easy Cardamom Coffee Cake
from: Group Recipes
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 12 chunks
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- Set the oven rack in the middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch bundt pan and set aside.
- Combine the flour, cardamom, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl (or the bowl of a mixer) cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add vanilla and combine, scraping bowl down as necessary.
- Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture, followed by about half the sour cream, mixing until just incorporated.
- Add half of the remaining flour mixture and the rest of the sour cream. Mix until just incorporated.
- Mix in the remaining flour and mix until batter is thoroughly incorporated.
- With a spatula, scrape the batter into the bundt pan and smooth the top. Bake until the cake is golden brown and is just beginning to come away from the sides of the pan, about 40 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come away clean.
- Place the cake (still in the pan) on a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan onto rack and let cool completely.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.
