Cardamom cake

Name: Cardamom cake
Ingredients: 45 ml/3 tbsp baking powder; 375 g/13 oz/3¼ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 45 ml/3 tbsp candied peel; 15 ml/1 tbsp flaked (sliced) almonds; 150 ml/¼ pint/⅔ cup milk; 45 ml/3 tbsp raisins; 3 large (US extra large) eggs, lightly beaten; 3 large (US extra large) eggs, lightly beaten; 10 cardamom pods, seeds removed and finely crushed; 250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Warm-flavoured cardamom is a favourite spice among all the Scandinavian countries and it is used in many cakes. This cake will keep for up to five days in an airtight container.

Ingredients

250 g/9 oz/generous 1 cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
375

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and line a 1kg/2¼ lb loaf tin (pan) with baking parchment.
Sift the flour, baking powder and crushed cardamom seeds together.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and f