Apple Cardamom Honey Cake

Prep time: 15min

Total time: 90min

Makes: 16

Ingredients
Nutritional Information

2 cups

all-purpose flour

500 mL

1 tsp

baking powder

5 mL

1 tsp

baking soda

5 mL

¾ tsp

ground cardamom

4 mL

½ tsp

salt

2 mL

½ cup

unsalted butter, room temperature

125 mL

1 cup

sugar

250 mL

eggs

½ cup

honey, divided

125 mL

1 tsp

vanilla extract

5 mL

1 cup

sour cream

250 mL

Ida Red or Jonagold apples, cored, peeled, chopped into ¾-in. (2-cm) pieces

Per serving (1/16)

calories

240

fat

9 g

saturated fat

5 g

carbs

36 g

sugar

23 g

protein

3 g

cholestrol

45 mg

fibre

1 g

sodium

170 mg

Directions

Preheat oven to 325ºF (160ºC). In bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom and salt. Set aside.
In separate bowl, using electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, about 2 min. Beat in eggs, one at a time, incorporating each fully before adding next. Beat in 1/3 cup (75 mL) honey, plus the vanilla.
With mixer on low, alternately add flour mixture (in 3 parts) and sour cream (in 2 parts) -- to butter mixture, ending with flour mixture. Scrape sides of bowl as needed between additions. Fold in apples.
Scrape batter into greased 9-in. (23-cm) spring-form pan, smoothing top. Bake about 1 hr., or until tester comes out clean when inserted into centre of cake. Remove from oven; immediately brush top of cake with remaining honey. Let stand 10 min. Run knife around edges of cake. Remove ring from springform pan. Cool cake completely on wire rack. Cut into 16 pieces to serve.