Norwegian Cake for Christmas

Cardamom cake
December 9th

Christmas baking in Norway is all about warming spice.  It's a cold time of year and anything that can warm you is a hit.  This cake takes a whopping 450g of flour but it is so worth it!

Allow the cardamom cake to cool in the tin

for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack

I dare you to be different this year and try this cake instead of something that you would normally bake...


Cardamom cake with coffee drizzle
~ for the original recipe go look at the fabulous website that is Sweet Paul


You will need:

Cardamom cake with coffee drizzle

♥  250 g butter
♥  285g brown sugar
♥  4 eggs

♥  1 cup of milk
♥  2 tablespoons of vanilla essence
♥  450g plain flour
♥  2 tsp of ground cardamom
♥  1 tsp of baking powder
♥  1/2 tsp baking soda
♥  1/2 tsp salt                                                       





For the drizzle you will need:
♥  1 cup of icing sugar
♥  2 tablespoons strong coffee



1♥    Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celcius

2♥    Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar

3♥    Add eggs, milk and vanilla.  Whipping together until light and fluffy.

4♥    Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom and salt.  Mix till all combined, do not over mix.

5♥    Pour/spoon the batter into a prepared greaseproof paper tin and bake for about 1 hour or until golden and set.  It should come away from the edges a bit.

6♥    Cool cake in the tin for about 10 mins before completing the cooling off period on a wire rack.

7♥    Whisk together the icing sugar and coffee and drizzle over the cooled cake.

The drizzle works surprisingly
well with the cardamom cake

This cake has the taste of a Scandinavian Christmas without being too rich or too heavy.  I really love this cake.  Sweet Paul, you've done it again, great evocative Christmas tasting cake.  It will become a staple in my Christmas baking book.

♥  Do you have any Christmas recipes you care to share?