Orange Cardamom Cake Recipe For Easter Day 2024

Orange Cardamom Cake Recipe For Easter Day 2024:  Crumb cake was a staple of my New York childhood cuisine, but it was never made from scratch—it was always store-bought. There was always a cardboard bakery box on the counter, including a butter knife so that anyone walking by might have a piece.

This traditional breakfast cake has a whole new meaning for me now that I’ve made it myself. Nothing compares to taking a freshly cooked crumb cake out of the oven. I can’t wait for it to cool off before indulging, as the anticipation is so strong.

Orange Cardamom Cake Recipe For Easter Day 2024

• Adjust the oven to 325°F. Using a quarter sheet pan (9 x 12 1/2), spray and flour it.

• Combine the flour, sugar, and cardamom in a bowl to make the crumb topping. After adding the melted butter and giving it a quick stir with a spatula, combine everything with your hands and mix until everything is well wet and the mixture resembles big crumbs. Using your fingers, break apart any large pieces as you toss. After everything is well mixed, set it aside.

• In a food processor, combine the sugar and orange zest; process until the sugar becomes moist and orange and the zest is well absorbed. To ensure that no zest pieces remain, pulse the machine.

• In a bowl, whisk together the orange sugar, oil, egg, milk, and extract.

• Mix the baking powder, salt, and 1 1/2 cups flour in a separate bowl.

• Using a spatula to gently blend, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.

• Pour the batter into the pan that you have ready. Though it will be thin, try to distribute it as evenly as you can.

• Scatter the crumbs over the batter, using your fingers to break up any large pieces. Make sure you distribute them uniformly, paying attention to all the corners and edges. A large mound in the center is undesirable.

• When a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Halfway through cooking, turn the pan.

• After the cake has cooled for fifteen minutes on a rack, dust it with powdered sugar. Savor warm or room temperature food. Although it can be stored on the counter for a few days covered, this crumb cake is best the day it is made.

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NOTES

NUTRITION

• Calories: 333 kcal · Carbohydrates: 46 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 16 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g · Trans

• Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 41 mg · Sodium: 141 mg · Potassium: 61 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 26 g · Vitamin A: 473 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 25 mg · Iron: 1 mg

FAQs AND QUESTIONs

HOW IS CARDAMOM DIFFERENT FROM CINNAMON?

• Cardamom and cinnamon do not, actually, taste alike at all, but they can be successfully substituted for one another, especially in baked goods. Cardamom is soft and aromatic whereas cinnamon can be quite strident and intense. They both have vaguely ‘peppery’ flavors, but cardamom is more subtle, and lingering. It’s very hard to describe a unique flavor in words…you just have to try it.

Why is there more crumb than cake on a crumb cake?

• That’s right, in a German Streuselkuchen, there’s more real estate devoted to the boulder-sized crumbs than there is to the actual cake itself, and that’s exactly as it should be. But maybe you don’t live in the crumb cake zone (New York to the Mid-Atlantic), and you have no idea what I’m talking about. But trust me, the cake is just an excuse for the crumbs.