Swedish Cardamom Coffee Cake

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Another lovely cardamom recipe, this one is adapted from the fantastic 'the great scandinavian baking book' by beatrice ojakangas. You can buy cardamom already ground but i prefer grinding it myself in a mortar and pestle, it's much tastier.

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Steps

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Heat oven to 350f.

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Grease a 9-inch tube or bundt pan with butter.

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Dust with cookie crumbs , set aside.

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Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl.

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Set aside.

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Mix sugar and butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy , about 3 minutes.

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Add eggs , one at a time , beating after each addition , about 5 minutes total.

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Beat in cardamom and cinnamon.

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Add flour mixture.

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Beat until just combined.

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Add sour cream , beat until smooth , about 1 minute.

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Pour batter into pan.

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Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean , about 50 minutes.

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Let stand 5 minutes.

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Turn out on a wire rack.

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Cool completely', dust with confectioners' sugar"]".

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Ingredients

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vanilla wafer cookies, flour, baking soda, sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, ground cardamom, ground cinnamon, sour cream', confectioners' sugar"]"