Thursday, May 29, 2008

Cardamom Cake

Today I decided to appease my craving by baking low sugar cardamom cake.This cake is fragrant with cardamom and vanilla essence.When I first tasted this cake I knew I had to make it.It could be iced if you wanted to, but seeing as I was trying to cut down on the added sugar that would definitely have defeated the object!.Bake yourself some cardamom cake, sit down with a cup of coffee/tea and..........relax! .This is a very easy cake to make with a delightful taste that wraps itself around your tongue, and into your psyche, leaving you helpless to resist.

Ingredients:

Baking Powder-1/2tbsp
Eggs-3(at room temperature)
Castor Sugar-1/2 cup
Vanilla essence-1tbsp
Butter/Ghee-1/2cup(melted,luke warm)
All purpose flour/maida-1 cup
Green cardamom powder-1 tbsp
Milk-2 tbsp(at room temp.)
Cake pan(8"/9")


Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Sieve all purpose flour,baking powder and green cardamom powder in a bowl.
3. Break eggs into another bowl. Add sugar and vanilla essence and mix with whisk or mixer.electric
4. Add the flour mixture to eggs mixture and mix well.
5. Add melted butter and milk and mix.
6. Pour batter into grease cake pan/baking tray and place it in preheated oven for 15-20 min.
7. You can insert a wooden pick/knife in the center of the cake to test if the cake is full baked.
8. Cool in cake pan for 30 minutes.Then invert cake onto cooling rack to cool completely.
9. Enjoy this cake with tea/coffee.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yummy.....Wonderful reciepe ... Thanks Mona.. You Rock...

Cathy Pieroz said...

Mmm sounds delicious and looks great. Thanks for sharing :) - Cathy Pieroz at Ray White Alexandra Hills