Cardamom Cake
Category: Cakes and Bakes
Servings
1 Cake
Ingredients
300g/3/4lb self-raising flour
1 level tsp baking powder
100g/4oz butter or margarine
175g/7oz granulated sugar
3 level tsp ground cardamom or cinnamon
150ml/5fl oz single cream
75ml/3fl oz milk
Topping
25g/1 oz flaked almonds
25g/1oz granulated sugar
2 level tsp cinnamon
Method
Grease a 2lb loaf tin (23cm x 13cmx7) and line with breadcrumbs.
Mix the flour and baking powder together. Cut the butter or margarine into the flour and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Mix in the sugar and cardamom. Add the cream and stir well together until the mixture forms a stiff dough.
Spread the mixture out in the prepared tin and level the top. Sprinkle evenely the topping on the mixture.
Bake at 200C/gas 6 for approximately 1 hour. Test the cake with a metal skewer.
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