Rich, Soft Spice Cake

Name: Rich, Soft Spice Cake
Yield: Makes one 8-inch single-layer square cake; serves about 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling; 1 cup sour cream or low-fat plain yogurt; 1 cup sour cream or low-fat plain yogurt; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 large eggs; 1¾ cups packed light brown sugar; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; Fine, dry bread crumbs, for coating the pan (optional); 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes one 8 inch single-layer square cake; serves about
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

This is a simple and wonderfully light example of the spice cake genre. Fragrant with cardamom, it’s based on a Finnish recipe passed down to playwright Karolyn Nelke by her great-aunt.

Ingredients

Fine, dry bread crumbs, for coating the pan (optional)
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnam

Europe
Finland
Dessert
Spicy
Cake
Vegetarian
Nordic

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan and coat with the bread crumbs or flour, tapping out the excess; set aside.
Sift together the flour, cinnamon, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda and salt onto a sheet of wax paper;