Cardamom Pecan Coffee Cake

My husband really wanted to make something with cardamom (he loves cooking with different spices/herbs) for a family get-together.  His first idea was to make a cardamom peach cobbler.

Did you know it is incredibly difficult to find frozen peaches?  Nobody sells frozen peaches.  Very frustrating.

So he had to switch plans.   Instead he made an awesome cardamom pecan coffee cake. 

It was amazing.

I am here today to tell you about this wonderful recipe my husband found/made.

Cake ingredients:

-  2 c. soft butter
-  2 c. light brown sugar
-  4 eggs
-  2 tbsp. vanilla
-  2 c. sour cream
-  4 c. flour
-  2 tsp. baking powder
-  2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
-  1 1/2 tsp. powdered cardamom
-  1/2 tsp. salt

 

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamon, and salt.
Add sour cream and flour mixture one at a time.  Make sure you are starting and ending with the flour mixture.
Don't over mix!

Nut mixture ingredients:

-  1/2 c. brown sugar

-  2 tbsp. cinnamon

-  1 c. chopped pecans

 

The orginal recipe called for half less of the nut mixture, but we wanted more pecans in ours and it actually turned out to be a really great idea.  There weren't too many pecans!
Mix together brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts.

Spoon 1/3 of the batter into a well buttered pan then 1/2 of the nut mixture
Then 1/3 batter, then remaining nuts, then remaining batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until it's brown on top and dry when you put a toothpick all the way through.


Enjoy!