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| | From:  Lodi-_ (Original Message) | Sent: 10/11/2007 9:59 PM |
Blueberry-Cardamom Coffeecake
Serves 10 - 12
Coffeecake:
12 Tablespoons (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 cup granulated
sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups blueberries (if frozen, don't thaw)
1 cup sour cream
Streusel Topping:
3/4 cup light or dark brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
Preheat the oven to 350.
Butter and flour 13 x 9 inch cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, cream
butter and granulated sugar with a mixer until batter is fluffy. Add the
eggs, one at a time, and beat until they are incorporated into the
mixture. In one medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom, and salt. Mix well. In another medium mixing bowl, toss the blueberries in 1/2-cup of the above flour mixture. Now add remaining flour mixture to butter mixture, in 3-batches. Alternate each flour batch with 1/3-cup of sour cream. Mix well until flour and sour cream are incorporated, well, into the butter mixture. Now fold in
blueberries. Spread batter evenly in the 13 x 9 cake pan. In another small mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, chopped nuts and nutmeg. Mix well. Sprinkle the streusel topping over the batter in cake pan. Bake about 35 - 40 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Serve warm.
Notes: Batter can be prepared up to a day ahead. Store the batter in the
fridge in an airtight container.
Also, the streusel topping can be made a day ahead and stored in a
plastic zip lock bag, at room temperature.
Fresh pitted cherries or raspberries can be used instead of blueberries.
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sounds yummy, i may have to give it a try. cardamon isnt a common spice here in the usa, you almost never see it in a recipe. One thing it is used for is arab coffee, its ground with it. i think its what gives the coffee a taste of almost being liquer. |
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| | | From: Lodi-_ | Sent: 10/15/2007 4:25 PM |
Thanks for telling me that Blueeyedpupil. I guess since I have it, I thought everyone did. Now I'm wondering where we got it from. |
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i suspect other ethnic foods use it too i just dont know which ones. |
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Lodi, its actually a pretty funny story.. my ex was from jordan, and spoke prettty darn good english, but for the coffee he did not know the american word for the spice they add to the coffee. And since my sister wanted to buy some, he tried and tried to figure out the name of it, but couldnt. finally we went into the arab market and said we wanted the coffee and what is the spice you grind with it and the coffee guy said cardamon. I dont think we would of ever figured it out as its not a recognizable taste for me. It like a lot of mediterranean cooking and salad dressings use sumac\ and that was a hard one to figure out too, you would eat the food and know something interesting and good was in it but had no clue what it was. |
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he did try really hard, asking others he knew but none of them knew the american name for it. It was rather amusing. heres another language problem, sarcasm doesnt translate well. After we were first marrried i was on jury duty and the trial went on and on. One day i came home and said im gonna be on jury duty forever. A week or so later he said what are we gonna do we need to make this appt but your gonna be on jury duty forever LOL |
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Can you exchange blueberries for blackberries? I just don't like blueberries at all. This sounds like something I would like if it's blackberries. |
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| | | From: Lodi-_ | Sent: 10/16/2007 4:19 PM |
LOL Blueeyedpuil Yes you can Dee. Sorry I didn't write that down. I should have. |
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Thanks Lodi.. I'm definitely going to try this with the blackberries. Sounds Yummy |
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I can't stand cardamom...when I lived in the middle east, I used to wonder what made their coffee smell so funny. |
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now i liked the smell but wasnt a big fan of actually drinking the coffee. I might have a sip or two but thats about it. Now my sister liked it so much she bought a pot and the coffee to make at home. |
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